Leviathan

LeviathanWritten during a moment in English history when the political and social structures as well as methods of science were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world. Thomas Hobbes, an outspoken royalist, fled to France during the English Civil War. There he wrote this polemic, in which he calls for a powerful sovereign a "Leviathan" to act as an enforcer of peace and justice. Hobbes's

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In this 1921 book

caricatures

and knowing how to use an axe is more important than possessing carpentry skills

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early twentieth century american architecture

humorous presentation

books on classical musics

many graced with the too-often forgotten humor and wit lying just beneath the geometry

infinite determinants

matter and mind

This concept was first proposed by Louis Sullivan in his 1891 article