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"Leviathan" by Hobbes was published in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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"Leviathan" by Hobbes was published in:

  1. 1762
  2. 1543
  3. 1689
  4. 1651
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Correct answer: D. 1651

1. Hobbes published "Leviathan" during the Commonwealth period. 2. It defended absolute sovereign authority as the only escape from chaos. 3. Locke (1689) and Rousseau (1762) wrote later social contract theories. __Source: syllabus Political Theory Ch 1 — social contract tradition__

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