How Long to Read Leviathan - Revised Edition

How Long Does it Take to Read Leviathan - Revised Edition?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 56 minutes to read Leviathan - Revised Edition by Thomas Hobbes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is the greatest work of political philosophy in English and the first great work of philosophy in English. Beginning with premises that were sometimes controversial, such as that every human action is caused by the agent’s desire for his own good, Hobbes derived shocking conclusions, such as that the civil government enjoys absolute control over its citizens and that the sovereign has the right to determine which religion is to be practiced in a commonwealth. Hobbes’s contemporaries recognized the power of arguments in Leviathan and many of them wrote responses to it; selections by John Bramhall, Robert Filmer, Edward Hyde, George Lawson, William Lucy, Samuel Pufendorf, and Thomas Tenison are included in this edition. Leviathan is divided into four parts: In the first part, Of Man, Hobbes presents a view of human beings and of the natural world in general that is materialistic and mechanistic. In the second part, Of Commonwealth, he defends the theory of absolute sovereignty, the view that the government has all the political power and has the right to control any aspect of life. In the third part, Of a Christian Commonwealth, he critiques concepts like revelation, prophets, and miracles in such a way that it becomes doubtful whether they can be rationally justified. In the fourth part, Of the Kingdom of Darkness, he explains various ways in which priestly religion has corrupted religion and transgressed the rights of the sovereign.

How long is Leviathan - Revised Edition?

Leviathan - Revised Edition by Thomas Hobbes is 697 pages long, and a total of 179,129 words.

This makes it 235% the length of the average book. It also has 219% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leviathan - Revised Edition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 18 minutes to read Leviathan - Revised Edition aloud.

What Reading Level is Leviathan - Revised Edition?

Leviathan - Revised Edition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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