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Aug 2009
52m 47s

Hobbes: Jon Pike and Quentin Skinner

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
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Concentrating on the masterpiece Leviathan, Hobbes’ political and social doctrine is defined and considered, along with Hobbes’ thought on the viability of monarchy. 
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