Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes

 

Thomas Hobbes believed that it is always better to have security rather than liberty in a country.

The following in Britanica.com gives further information about the political philosophies of Hobbes.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Hobbes/Political-philosophy

Frontispiece of Leviathan

You may be interested to have a look at the frontispiece of Hobbes' masterpiece - "Leviathan".  In it, a giant crowned figure is seen emerging from the landscape, clutching a sword and a crosier, beneath a quote from the Book of Job—"Non est potestas Super Terram quae Comparetur ei. Iob. 41.24" , which means: "There is no power on earth to be compared to him. Job 41 . 24" — further linking the figure to the monster of the book. (note 1)

The torso and arms of the figure are composed of over three hundred persons, in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo; all are facing away from the viewer, with just the giant's head having visible facial features. 

The lower portion is a triptych, framed in a wooden border. The centre form contains the title on an ornate curtain. The two sides reflect the sword and crosier of the main figure – earthly power on the left and the powers of the church on the right. Each side element reflects the equivalent power – castle to church, crown to mitre, cannon to excommunication, weapons to logic, and the battlefield to the religious courts. The giant holds the symbols of both sides, reflecting the union of secular, and spiritual in the sovereign, but the construction of the torso also makes the figure the state

Note:

1. Due to disagreements over the precise location of the chapters and verses when they were divided in the Late Middle Ages, the verse Hobbes quotes is usually given as Job 41:33 in modern Christian translations into English, Job 41:25 in the Masoretic text, Septuagint, and the Luther Bible; it is Job 41:24 in the Vulgate.
2. A manuscript of Leviathan created for Charles II in 1651 has notable differences – a different main head but significantly the body is also composed of many faces, all looking outwards from the body and with a range of expressions.

Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)#Frontispiece (2/11/21)