Image: Wikimedia Commons

Leviathan

Name: Leviathan
Author: Thomas Hobbes

Book by Thomas Hobbes

Written workwritten workQ193034

Also known as Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil

Author: Thomas Hobbes
Released: 1651
Publisher: Andrew Crooke
Language: English

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a work of social and political theory by the English empiricist philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), published in 1651. Its name derives from the chaotic Leviathan sea serpent of the Hebrew Bible and earlier mythologies.

Overview

Adaptations

1 linked to Leviathan in Wikidata

LLeviathan1668 · Latin book by Thomas Hobbes

All data

39 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Country of origin: England
Title: Hola
Illustrator: Abraham Bosse
Derivative work: Leviathan
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
public domain applies to jurisdiction: countries with 100 years pma or shorter
Has version, edition or translation: Leviathan
Leviathan released: October 10, 2017 · publisher: Penguin Classics · distribution format: paperback
Subtitle: or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
Members / parts: nasty, brutish, and short
1
Sources
1.en.wikisource.org/wiki/Leviathan/The_First_Part#Chapter_VIII:_Of_the_Virtues_Commonly_Called_Intellectual;_and_Their_Contrary_Defects
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Depicts: emotion members / parts: fear · native label: passion (emotion) (Leviathan, The Second Part, Chapter 27)
1
Sources
1.en.wikisource.org/wiki/Leviathan/The_Second_Part#Chapter_XXVII%3A_Of_Crimes%2C_Excuses%2C_and_Extenuations
View statement on Wikidata ↗

Data quality

statements

15%

externally sourced

Source last edited October 16, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q193034

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). Leviathan (Q193034). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/leviathan-Q193034

Leviathan

Overview

Overview

Adaptations

Related

All data

On other databases

Overview

Adaptations