利维坦(Leviathan)本是古代传说中巨大的海怪。1651年在伦敦出版霍布斯的《利维坦,或教会国家和市民国家的实质、形式和权力》(Leviathan or The Matter,Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil),封面使用了这幅铜板画。画面中的城市后方是群山,山峦后面是巨大的人型:卷发顶着皇冠,八字胡须上翘,巨硕的身躯则由无数的人民构成,左右 Leviathan was a huge sea monster in ancient legends. The Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of the Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil, published by Hobbes in London in 1651, was used in the cover of this book Copper painting. The rear of the city in the picture is the mountains, behind the mountains is a huge human type: curly hair wearing a crown, beard mustache upturned, giant huge body constituted by countless people, about