The Rhetoric of Leviathan Author:David Johnston When Leviathan first appeared in 1651, it was recognized as a work of extraordinary scope, uniting metaphysical, theological, and political arguments into a single distinctive outlook. Contending that modern readers do the book an injustice by neglecting its metaphysical and theological themes, David Johnston supports his claim with a detailed e... more »xamination of the text as a whole and with a reinterpretation of the genesis of the work.« less