Hobbes, Bruce’s beloved side-kick, has made history in his short seven years. Rescued by Bruce from a horrible domestic violence situation in 2009, our feisty canine staff-member has helped over 1,000 animals find homes, working with the Addison County Humane Society.

Books 1 and 2. Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. The book concerns the structure of society (as represented figuratively by the frontispiece, showing the state giant made up of individuals). In the book, Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by a sovereign. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil war – situations identified with a state of nature and the famou ...