stood apart. Two great philosophers‚ Thomas Hobbes and John Lock‚ had two very different theories that have swung back and forth through people’s minds. Complete opposites that are grouped in one major debate that has only been named only recently‚ one that has been raging as long as humanity itself‚ Hobbes vs. Locke. Human nature in Hobbes eyes is a foul‚ corrupted thing. Like a beast‚ soiled with foul breath and a mangled appearance. He said human nature was inherently evil‚ wicked but polished to
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“Hobbes and Locke.” Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke began their political philosophies talking about how humans were living with the government in a "State of Nature‚” Both agreed that government is needed to be brought in as a "Social Contract.” They just had different ideas on how and what kind of government that should be. There are five key concepts to understanding the difference between Hobbs and Locke ideas. These concepts were (a) fundamental human nature‚ (b) what
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As the name suggests ‚ the minimum conception is a core that every moral theory should accept‚ at least as a starting point." --James Rachels Atheism and the Golden Rule Atheism‚ however‚ is identified with evil and moral anarchy‚ and some atheists indeed are less than virtuous -- just like
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New Criticism VS Reader-Response Criticism What is more accurate‚ new criticism or reader response criticism? The answer is neither‚ seeing as both styles of critic views and analyzes the topic at hand and gives feedback. Though both styles offer feedback‚ they are different forms of feedback entirely. New criticism involves focusing on the material at hand‚ and not what it was meant to be perceived as‚ to judge the topic by every measurable feature possible. Reader response criticism is when
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Philosophers of the Enlightenment had numerous and often discordant ideas about government‚ the most notable being the contrasting social contract theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. Locke believed that humans‚ in the state of nature‚ were a blank slate‚ enjoying complete equality‚ freedom‚ and independence. By surrendering some of these natural rights through a social contract‚ governments were created which would act for the benefit of the people and be controlled by the people. However‚
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Hobbes argues that the sovereign’s absolute authority is vital to the self-preservation and maintenance of civil peace of the commonwealth. Without these‚ there would be civil war and chaos. He believes that the benefits of having a sovereign outweigh the disadvantages‚ despite the many rights that the sovereign is entitled to. This is why Hobbes believes that those living under the rule of the sovereign still exercise freedom. For Hobbes‚ liberty is defined as the ability to act in accordance to
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111.09:305-055.2"17/18" FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM IN ENGLISH LITERATURE (How does it apply to ‘Pride and Prejudice’-by Jane Austen?) Sanja Dalton1 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to express Feminist Literary Criticism in English Literature‚ as critical analysis of literary works based on feminist perspective‚ as well as to uncover the latent dynamics in a novel relevant to women’s interior role in society. Feminist Literary Criticism rejects patriarchal norms in literature that
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Comparing Leviathan to the Realities of Modern Day Hobbes‚ through the existence of a symbolic Leviathan‚ argues that human flourishing cannot take place without the rule of an absolute monarch‚ also referenced as a sovereign—a living body consisting of citizens‚ where the ruler of the commonwealth is chosen and followed faithfully by the people through a covenant (Hobbes 160). Although Hobbes felt that absolute rule was necessary in the course of the civil war he authored during‚ history tells
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Freud’s conception of love (via Santas) is that “all love is a derivative of the sexual instincts” with romantic love having the “aim [of] sexual union” (Santas‚ 1988‚ Chapter 6). This definition of love takes sexuality as the central foundation of love‚ inferring that all non-sexual love‚ therefore‚ non-romantic love is an abstraction‚ repression or “sublimation” of natural sexual aim‚ which Freud equates to perversion. Freud then states that this love derives from a form of psychosexual development
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your own world. Basho and Hobbes are two very intellectual thinkers/writers that come from around the same time periods. However‚ despite the years between these two intellectuals they share many common themes. Basho was a Japanese writer from the 17th Century focusing on himself within nature and the surrounding environments interacting. Hobbes was a thinker/writer that existed
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