Thomas Hobbes wroteThe Leviathanin 1651, during theEnglish Civil War, and in it, he laid out the first basis of popular sovereignty. According to his theory, human beings were selfish and if left alone, in what he called a "state of nature," human life would be "nasty, brutish, and s...
“Leviatán” (Leviathan) byThomas Hobbes(++): published in 1651 (during the English civil war), the book portrays the republic as a mortal God (Leviathan) needed for the defence of the individual. The book discusses different types of government (with monarchy as the preferred one for the ...
Alongside the self-interested self-help ethos and its attendant practices, a punitive ethos operated for a period of centuries. Unlike the self-help regime—and it is indeed a congeries of rules—that requires only more-or-less like units in interaction, the punitive ethos was predicated upon...
autocratic power. In absolute monarchies, the succession of power is typically hereditary, with the throne passing among members of a ruling family. Arising during the Middle Ages, absolute monarchy prevailed in much of Western Europe by the 16th century. Along with France...
Students of 17th-century political philosophy may recognize this idea from Thomas Hobbes. The frontispiece of Hobbes'sLeviathan, published in 1651, depicts the sovereign as a king composed of an amalgam of multiple discrete individual citizens; in this respect (if not others), Louis and Hobbes we...
As verbs the difference between intrude and obtrude is that intrude is to thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass while obtrude is...
*1651,Thomas Hobbes,Leviathan ...that is, their Forts, Garrisons, and Guns upon the Frontiers of their Kingdomes; and continuall Spyes upon their neighbours; which is apostureof War. *1912,G.K. Chesterton,A Miscellany of Men But it is not true, no sane person can call it true, tha...
伊格尔顿,Introduction:What is Literature? Introduction: What is Literature? Ifthere is such a thing as literary theory, then it would seem obvious that there is something called literature which it is the theory of. We can begin, then, by raising the question: what is literature? There have...
Are the robots coming? Is the singularity near? Will we be dominated by technology? The usual response to ethical issues raised by pervasive and ubiquitous