La teoria evolutiva de la libertad de Thomas Hobbes parte II: la libertad en Leviatan

In: Revista de estudios políticos, Issue 135, p. 11-36

Abstract

In this second part of his study (the first was published in issue 134 of Revista de Estudios Politicos), Quentin Skinner gives a detailed analysis of the radical changes that Thomas Hobbes brought into his theory of freedom when he wrote his masterpiece, Leviathan. The article shows clearly that Hobbes constructed his new concept of freedom -- now understood simply as the absence of impediment -- within the context of a heated ongoing debate with those who defended the Republic arguing that freedom was impossible outside the "Free State.". References. Adapted from the source document.