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Seventeenth-century Thinker Thomas Hobbes Maintained That His Philosophy Constituted A Unified System, But In What Precise Sense Did He Think That The Branches Of His Philosophy Were Unified? This Question Has Provoked Extensive Scholarship Over The Last Half-century. Answering It Is Essential Not Only To Understanding Hobbes's Philosophy Generally, But How One Answers It Significantly Impacts Our Understanding Of The Leviathan, His Most Influential Work, And Of The Laws Of Nature, The Foundation Of Hobbesian Political Philosophy-- Provided By Publisher.