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    signifies a break in the social contract. The legitimacy of the sovereign for Hobbes remains‚ “as long as and no longer than the power lasts by which he is able to protect them‚” (Hobbes 298) suggesting that the philosopher would agree that the Mexican Government’s inability to defend their underprivileged citizens warrants a break in the social contract‚ allowing individuals to seek defense by any means necessary. Hobbes original description of a war of all against all resounds in‚ “organized self

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    Thomas Hobbes‚ a British philosopher also known as an egoist due to his belief of what he thought of humans. Hobbes has the belief‚ "that humans are selfish by nature and only come into some form of civil agreement because we fear what might happen to each other if we were free to indulge our selfish instincts." The meaning behind Hobbes State of Nature is stated‚ "If you take away that authority‚ then you take away all incentive to be good". In other words‚ Hobbes’ has the belief that we as people

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    John Locke vs. Thomas Hobbes The new ways of thinking developed during the scientific revolution began to extend into other areas of life beyond that of just science. Scholars and philosophers began to rethink the old ideas about religion‚ economics‚ and education. The Enlightenment started from key ideas put forth by two English political thinkers of the 1600s‚ Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Both men experienced hardships England early in that century in the English civil war but they ended up getting

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    state of nature allows political theorists to consider and theorize about what life was like before there was suitable societies‚ and governments. Two prominent theorists that address the state of nature are Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. People are inherently evil according to Hobbes‚ who alleged that individuals will look out for their own self interest before that of anyone else‚ resulting in a lawless and hostile environment. On the other end of the spectrum is John Locke. Mankind is inherently

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    nature? The idea state of nature has no definite meaning because it is perceived differently by different philosophers. Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Rousseau each discussed state of nature and why political societies had to established. To understand the views of each philosopher about the state of nature we first have to understand what they think about human beings in a natural state. Hobbes believes humans to be fearful of death‚ wretched and in constant war with one another. Locke believes humans to be perfectly

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    http://www.policymic.com/articles/42731/10-life-lessons-from-calvin-hobbes (as on May 23‚ 2013) 10 Life Lessons from Calvin and Hobbes Katie Kirnan in 5 days ago Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes is a deeply rooted part of our childhood. Richly realized and poignantly written‚ Watterson’s wistful comic strip always had something to offer: It entertained me on long car rides‚ expanded my vocabulary (transmogrify‚ duplicate‚ intrepid — as in the intrepid Spaceman Spiff)‚ and provided me with

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    political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes‚ in particular their ideas relating to the science of man‚ and attempt to explain why their ideas prove that it is not possible to construct a science of man.<br><br>I will also briefly mention the philosophy of Donald Davidson in regards to a science of man.<br><br>The theories of Hobbes and the contemporary socio-biologists attempt to recognise how man works and on that basis build a society.<br><br>"Hobbes wished to be seen as the inventor

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    political metaphors had now encircled the word freedom. Buch-Morss in her article Hegel and Haiti (2000) addressed the paradox of some philosophers who write about freedom‚ albeit justify slavery; a term which struggles with its legacy till today. Thomas Hobbes’ view of slavery straightforward and honest. He considered the battle between two enemies being something natural thus‚ slavery was necessary as a social constitution. He discussed slavery in secular

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    Mary Rowlandson: The Sovereignty and Goodness of God There are numerous occasions in Mary Rowlandson’s account where she specifies the condition of her soul. She began to think about whether she is reviled. She stressed that God would not demonstrate her benevolence and she was sorry to say there were no more endowments left for her. By now‚ she had been divided from her family (the individuals who were still alive)‚ she viewed her most youthful youngster pass on‚ and she was eager and exhausted

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    Locke and Hobbes were both social contract theorists‚ and both natural law theorists (Natural law in the sense of Saint Thomas Aquinas‚ not Natural law in the sense of Newton)‚ but there the resemblance ends. All other natural law theorists assumed that man was by nature a social animal. Hobbes assumed otherwise‚ thus his conclusions are strikingly different from those of other natural law theorists. In addition to his unconventional conclusions about natural law‚ Hobbes was fairly infamous for

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