/lit/ - Literature

>>18648688
Unironically, vitalism. The Leviathan is an egregore, the frontispiece depicts clear emergentism a step beyond the Platonic body politic.

>>18425232
ok this interesting, yeah for aristocrats/king, since they were born, they have power on their side, so they use it to legitimize their rule, in contrast, for a class below the nobility, it would mean to use power to acquire more power, so they see power as a God, not as their tool

nietzcsche had aristocratic sensibilities and even was a professor at a prestigious university but he wasn´t born royal so his attitude towards power was different (i have yet to read nietszche works tho)

Thoughts on Leviathan?

Are enlightened monarchies an institution to mourn or were they just a stepping stone towards the ideal system of republicanism? What's some good /lit/ on this topic (excluding pic related)?

What is the best edition of Hobbes’ Leviathan?

always thought this one was simply brilliant. a giant king charles made up of all the people he rules. a perfect little analogy for hobbes idea that the legitimacy of a soverign authority is derived from the consent of the people who tacitly agree to the social contract

So the whole point of it is that the "Leviathan" is trans?