Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes edit
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- Reason
- High resolution, clear photographic reproduction of the iconic original cover for Hobbes' Leviathan. It is encylopedic inhow it well llustrates how Hobbes describes the state; an irresistible giant force aided by its bureaucrats that enforces order over society
- Articles in which this image appears
- Leviathan (Hobbes book) - Thomas Hobbes - Abraham Bosse - Leviathan in popular culture - Social contract Western canon - State (polity) - Polity - Head of state - Sovereignty - Origins of society - Body politic - Fascism and ideology
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
- Creator
- Mattes (original 2005 version), RTG (2019 groundwork for current version), 1970gemini (current version)
- Support as nominator – - Knightsoftheswords281 (Talk-Contribs) 16:05, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose: Cut off left and right, and unnaturally black and white, like a photocopy. this is the presumptive original; though I'd assume a search of the LoC would find a higher resolution scan. It has a rather poor documentation history, with new, higher-resolution versions just... appearing. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1858-0417-283 might be a better choice. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 00:48, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- Comment – Pretty abstruse anyway. – Sca (talk) 14:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- I hardly think the frontispiece of a famous book is that odd of an FP. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 20:46, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- Well, a 16th-17th century book that few outside academia would be likely to find of interest now. -- Sca (talk) 12:59, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
- I think you're underestimating A. how influential and famous it was and B. How obscure some of the topics I do are. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 16:45, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
- Leviathan is one of the most famous and significant books of western political thought. Its frontispiece is surely the most famous book cover of western political thought. I'll only speak for the UK, but I'd expect anyone with a degree in politics or philosophy (along with plenty of people who studied history, law, or similar) to have at least a passing familiarity with it. Anyone with an interest in the history of political thought will (or should) have some interest in the book, and that's far more than just a few academics. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:56, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
- I think you're underestimating A. how influential and famous it was and B. How obscure some of the topics I do are. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 16:45, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
- Well, a 16th-17th century book that few outside academia would be likely to find of interest now. -- Sca (talk) 12:59, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
- I hardly think the frontispiece of a famous book is that odd of an FP. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 20:46, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose for the multiple good reasons listed by Adam C. Even if the scan weren't problematically thresholded, the overly tight crop destroys the framework around the smaller images on the bottom left side. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:21, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:08, 23 April 2023 (UTC)