The Bible has enriched the English language in many ways. One example is the addition to the language of two words that denote large beasts: behemoth and leviathan. Both words also have developed extended meanings. Behemoth The source of behemoth is Job 40:15-24: “Behold now Behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as […]
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Thomas Hobbes wrote part of his flagship, Leviathan, in 1651, at the height of the English Civil War. The political upheaval of the time, coupled with the utmost faith in the inherent rationality of the Age of Reason, inspired Hobbes’s first philosophical political-contracts, based on politics, and advocated a strong Monarchy with central power. The […]
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In John Milton’s epic “Paradise Lost”, one highly identifiable character would be Satan. During the story, he is referred to by several names, all of them associated with his opposition to God. A few names given to him by the author would be arch-fiend and apostate angel. He is also compared in size and intent […]
In 1651, Thomas Hobbes published the book Leviathan or the Matter, Form, and Power of the Common Wealth of the Ecclesiastical and Civil. Leviathan, a Leviathan, a sea or dragon. in the Old Testament. In 1648, a few years before Hobbes published Leviathan, many of the major powers in Europe signed the Peace of Westphalia. […]