10/30/13 A Stranger in a Strange World: Aristotle and Hobbes on "Good life and Happiness" Paylaş 0 Diğer Sonraki Blog» Blog Oluştur Giriş Yapın A Stranger in a Strange World Here I publish some of my writings on issues that I deem important. The title of this blog refers to famous statement of Moses in the Bible. I often had similar feelings in my experience with life for a variety of reasons. Until my relations with the world get normalized‚ I will keep using this title
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Choque Political Science Reading Response “And therefore if any two men desire the same thing‚ which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy‚ they become enemies‚” stated Thomas Hobbes‚ an eminent English philosopher. One of Hobbes’ masterpieces is “The Leviathan” where he records his thoughts about absolutism‚ and his dissatisfactory view on the nature of man before government. John Locke‚ another well-known philosopher‚ opposes Hobbes’ conclusions about human nature. He wrote “Of Civil Government‚” here
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a society will experience lasting peace. Firstly‚ Hobbes argues that when there is no government or civil authority in place‚ humans are living in a state of nature. This state is what Hobbes calls a war‚ “of every man against every other man” (Leviathan pg.106). Since there is no order in place‚ everybody can then claim anything they want for themselves. To Hobbes‚ this war is a result of three different causes. Hobbes claims that humans are‚ for the most part‚ physically equal. He acknowledges
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certain expectations a person must follow to achieve this goal. While many people have their own ideas of what makes a good citizen‚ there is little consensus to exactly what this would be. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ in their books The Leviathan and The Social Contract‚ create a system of political governing where the citizen plays a certain role and has certain expectations to carry out this role for the governmental system to work properly. In this paper‚ I will discuss what each of the
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Writings from the works of the authors in question immediately display a distinct difference in their trains of thought. Hobbes and Locke take different paths but come to a similar conclusion‚ that of the necessity for the creation of civil government as authority over men‚ this is the basic bond that connects them. Their reasoning behind such a conclusion‚ though‚ begins with their differing and separate foundations. This discrepancy is notable in their discussions and separate ideologies of various
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intellectual activity. As the Enlightenment got more and more popular people tried to find new ways to use reason to improve all of their human conditions. Thomas Hobbes was an English thinker who wrote about his views on government in his book Leviathan. He believed all people were selfish and greedy‚ he got this from the violence of the English civil war. He wrote people would lead lives that were “solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short.” He believed that people needed a government to impose
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Cited: Hobbes‚ Thomas. “from Leviathan. “ Reading The World: Ideas That Matter. 2nd Ed. Ed. Austin Michael. New York: Norton‚ 2010.119.Print. Hobbes‚ Thomas. “from Leviathan.” Reading the World: Ideas That Matter. 2nd Ed. Ed. Austin Michael. New York: Norton‚ 2010.125.Print.
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different points of view on how the government should be formed for the people. Thomas Hobbes had a different point of view than John Locke. Hobbes wrote a piece of work titled the Leviathan‚which meant a powerful ruler.Hobbes wanted the people to give up their rights to become a strong organized government.n the Leviathan “he argued that people were naturally cruel‚greedy‚and selfish.”(Ellis and Esler 183) Hobbes believed and thought this way because he saw how the people lived in harsh conditions
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the ordering of social life; a set of organisations; and a set of practices’ (cited in Blakeley and Saward‚ 2009‚ p. 355). Hobbe’s influential ‘Leviathan State’ supports this view. He claims that citizens put their trust in a governing body or state‚ and this is analogous to children putting their trust in their parent (Hobbes’ Leviathan‚ Sparknotes study guide‚ 2007). He has explained this as there being a social contract between citizens and the state‚ which legitimises the state’s status
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steal someone else’s house if they are capable of doing so without violating any laws as there are none in the state of nature. “It is consequent also to the same condition‚ that there be no propriety‚ no dominion‚ no mine and thine distinct…” (Leviathan. Chapter 14.) In the state of nature everyone has the right to self defense; this is the right of self preservation which is the only right present under no governing authority. Everyone is also always in competition for what goods are available
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