Hobbes begins by postulating a "state of nature" in which individuals exist without any form of government or authority. In this state, he famously describes life as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Hobbes argues that in the absence of a governing authority, humans are driven b...
What was Thomas Hobbes' political theory? What is the history of the Democratic Party? What is the most popular political ideology? What is the most basic task of a political party? What economic system did Karl Marx support? What kind of theorist was Michel Foucault?
American government is a product of numerous Enlightenment thinkers, who thrived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These include the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. While some of Hobbes' ideas were contrary to American governing principles, m
Thomas Hobbes was an English political philosopher born into a lower middle class family in 1588. He was an exceptional student, and was able to attend Oxford University, where he studied various forms of government. Today, Thomas is considered the founding father of modern political philosophy (...
What Is Thomas Hobbes Known For? Thomas Hobbes' political involvement helped him to become an important philosophical figure in England and eventually the rest of the world. In 1936, while tutoring in Paris, Hobbes was invited to debate other thinkers. There he befriended Marin Mersenne and becam...
Gianni Paganini“Passionate Thought”: reason and thepassion of curiosity in Thomas HobbesAbstract:Three main stages of Hobbes’ reflection on the relationship betweenreason and the passions are examined here. 1) The first is presented in thePreface to the second edition of De cive where Hobbes ...
Thomas Hobbessaw Society as a giant machine (perpetually in motion), thus the title of his great work,The Leviathan, which is founded on Mechanics (the Motion of Bodies / Matter). In Leviathan, Hobbes argues that the natural state of man (without any civil government) is war, ...
The ABCs of Israeli occupationIrfan Khawaja,Policy of Truth The board game of the alpha nerdsDavid Hill,Grantland It’s now China against the worldLily Kuo,Guardian Majority rule, slavery, and HobbesMichael Rozeff,LRC Blog When do emergency measures turn into dangerous government overreach?Jonathan...
What is The Education of Henry Adams about? What is Ray Bradbury warning us about in "The Pedestrian"? What is a franklin in The Canterbury Tales? What is one problem with Ayn Rand's view? What is the leviathan according to Thomas Hobbes? How did the government feel about Mary Wollstonec...
A main supporter of the Mixed Ethical Framework was: a. Immanuel Kant b. John Stuart Mill c. Thomas Hobbes d. W. D. Ross Ethical Framework: Ethical frameworks are perspectives that are useful in determining which strategy will produce t...