Leviathan May 2026

The state is not a person but an "artificial man" or machine designed to prevent collapse through the sheer force of fear and authority.

Ancient Near Eastern cultures viewed the sea (Yamm) as a realm of darkness and disorder. Leviathan

Hobbes argued that humans in a "state of nature" live in a "war of every man against every man," where life is "nasty, brutish, and short". The state is not a person but an