Also containing sections "Of Man" and "Of a Christian Common-Wealth," it concludes that an absolute monarchy is the best form of government.
The first section of this work is a follow-up to its author's De Cive, and the fourth and final section of this work bashes clergymen who mix Aristotle with scripture as a "confederacy of deceivers" who would usher in the "Kingdom of Darkness." Also containing sections "Of Man" and "Of a Christian Common-Wealth," it concludes that an absolute monarchy is the best form of government. For 10 points, name this tome which labels human existence in the state of war "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," written by Thomas Hobbes.
The first section of this work is a follow-up to its author's De Cive, and the fourth and final section of this work bashes clergymen who mix Aristotle with scripture as a "confederacy of deceivers" who would usher in the "Kingdom of Darkness."
The {Leviathan}, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil