Why does Thomas Hobbes choose "Leviathan" as the model for his Commonwealth? It

Why does Thomas Hobbes choose "Leviathan" as the model for his Commonwealth? It

Why does Thomas Hobbes choose "Leviathan" as the model for his Commonwealth? It is, after all, an Old Testament sea-monster that God will slay at the end of conflict. It does not seem a very promising image for an argument in favor of civil society.

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