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Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill

TO MY MOST HONOR'D FRIEND Mr FRANCIS GODOLPHIN of Godolphin.

THE INTRODUCTION

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1.

1.1.

CHAP. I Of SENSE

1.2.

CHAP. II Of IMAGINATION

1.3.

CHAPTER III Of the Consequence or TRAIN of Imaginations

1.4.

CHAP. IV Of SPEECH

1.5.

CHAP. V Of REASON, and SCIENCE

1.6.

CHAP. VI Of the Interiour Beginnings of Voluntary Motions; commonly called the PASSIONS. And the Speeches by which they are expressed

1.7.

CHAP. VII Of the end , or resolutions of DISCOURSE

1.8.

CHAP. VIII Of the VIRTUES commonly called INTELLECTUAL; and their contrary DEFECTS

1.9.

CHAP. IX Of the Several SUBJECTS Of KNOWLEDGE

1.10.

CHAP. X Of POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR and WORTHINESS

1.11.

CHAP. XI Of the difference of MANNERS

1.12.

CHAP. XII Of RELIGION

1.13.

CHAP. XIII Of the NATURAL CONDITION of mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery

1.14.

CHAP. XIV Of the first and second NATURAL LAWS, and of CONTRACTS

1.15.

CHAP. XV Of other Laws of Nature

1.16.

CHAP. XVI Of PERSONS, AUTHORS, and things Personated

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Of COMMONWEALTH

2.17.

CHAP. XVII Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a COMMONWEALTH

2.18.

CHAP. XVIII Of the RIGHTS of Sovereigns by Institution

2.19.

CHAP. XIX Of the Several Kinds of Commonwealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Sovereign Power

2.20.

CHAP. XX Of Dominion PATERNAL, and DESPOTICAL

2.21.

CHAP. XXI Of the LIBERTY of Subjects

2.22.

CHAP. XXII Of SYSTEMS Subject, Political, and Private

2.23.

CHAP. XXIII Of the PUBLIC MINISTERS of Sovereign Power

2.24.

CHAP. XXIV Of the NUTRITION and PROCREATION of a commonwealth

2.25.

CHAP. XXV Of COUNSEL

2.26.

CHAP. XXVI Of CIVIL LAWS

2.27.

CHAP. XXVII Of CRIMES, EXCUSES, and EXTENUATIONS

2.28.

CHAP. XXVIII Of PUNISHMENTS, and REWARDS

2.29.

CHAP. XXIX Of those things that Weaken, or tend to the DISSOLUTION of a Commonwealth

2.30.

CHAP. XXX Of the OFFICE of the Sovereign Representative

2.31.

CHAP. XXXI Of the KINGDOM OF GOD BY NATURE

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Of A CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH

3.32.

CHAP. XXXII Of the Principles of CHRISTIAN POLITICS

3.33.

CHAP. XXXIII Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy SCRIPTURE

3.34.

CHAP. XXXIV Of the Signification of SPIRIT, ANGEL, and INSPIRATION in the Books of Holy Scripture

3.35.

CHAP. XXXV Of the Signification in Scripture of KINGDOM OF GOD, of HOLY, SACRED, and SACRAMENT

3.36.

CHAP. XXXVI Of the WORD Of GOD, and of PROPHETS

3.37.

CHAP. XXXVII Of MIRACLES, and their Use

3.38.

CHAP. XXXVIII Of the Signification in Scripture of ETERNAL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, and REDEMPTION

3.39.

CHAP. XXXIX Of the signification in Scripture of the word CHURCH

3.40.

CHAP. XL Of the RIGHTS of the Kingdom of God, in Abraham, Moses, the High Priests, and the Kings of Judah

3.41.

CHAP. XLI Of the OFFICE of our BLESSED SAVIOUR

3.42.

CHAP. XLII Of POWER ECCLESIASTICAL

3.43.

CHAP. XLIII Of what is NECESSARY for a Mans Reception into the Kingdom of Heaven

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Of THE KINGDOM Of DARKNESS

4.44.

CHAP. XLIV Of Spiritual Darkness from MISINTERPRETATION of Scripture

4.45.

CHAP. XLV Of DEMONOLOGY, and other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles

4.46.

CHAP. XLVI Of DARKNESS from VAIN PHILOSOPHY, and FABULOUS TRADITIONS

4.47.

CHAP. XLVII Of the BENEFIT that proceeds from such Darkness, and to whom it accrews

A REVIEW AND CONCLUSION

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LEVIATHAN

or
THe Matter, Form, & Power
of a
COMMON-WEALTH
ECCLESIASTICAL
and
CIVIL.

By

Thomas Hobbes

of Malmesbury

London

Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the

Green Dragon

in St. Pauls Church-yard 1651