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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-05-08, day precision Aliases: leviathans

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Leviathan

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the chaos, all the destruction, and he wrote a book called Leviathan. Leviathan is to justify why Britain returned to a monarchy instead of..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the chaos, all the destruction, and he wrote a book called Leviathan. Leviathan is to justify why Britain returned to a monarchy instead of..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Island That Had To Innovate (2025-05-08, day precision).

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Hobbes is presented as using civil-war chaos to justify monarchy and government: even bad government is necessary because the state of nature is violent and anti-innovative.

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The Island That Had To Innovate

2025-05-08, day precision · Civilization #50: Rule, Britannia!

Transcript

"...the chaos, all the destruction, and he wrote a book called Leviathan. Leviathan is to justify why Britain returned to a monarchy instead of..."

The Island That Had To Innovate

2025-05-08, day precision · Civilization #50: Rule, Britannia!

Transcript

"no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death. The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty,..."

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