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    Thomas Hobbes was an atheist and a republican who believed everyone was born selfish and that peace and security were fundamental to society. In regards to his philosophy‚ Hobbes would be against the legalization of prostitution. It teaches children and young adults that it is okay to sell your body and be seen as an object. It also puts people at a higher risk of catching a sexually transmitted disease which doctors will waste thousands of dollars trying to treat‚ even though there is no cure. Finally

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    self knowledge‚ gnosis‚ ecstatic communion‚ coming home. Two modes Unseen Reality- One person may use reason to determine that there is no Unseen Reality‚ another may use reason to determine that it does exist. English rationalist philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) reasoned that God is simply an idea constructed by the human imagination from ideas of the visible world. Contemporary‚ the rationalist French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650)‚ assented that his awareness of his own existence

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    intent of achieving self-advantage regardless of others. As Niccolo Machiavelli well describes it in 1532‚ in The Prince‚ human nature is inherently evil. Men are always seeking for power and have very strong desires to be better than others. Thomas Hobbes brings the idea of a “state of nature” and supports this idea by arguing that it is a “War of every man against every man” . Thus‚ greed for power and a strong need

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    man‚ or we can think of this as natural existence and civil society. In Rousseau’s writing you can see he believes that a savage man is a happy man‚ and that he believes we are naturally and innately good and that “civilization” turns man bad. Thomas Hobbes is one philosopher that thought differently than Rousseau‚ he believed natural man was solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short and that civilization is responsible for “rescuing” mankind and that being a “savage” is considered bad (Dunning).

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    Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who was lived from 1588-1679. He attended Oxford University where he studied classics. His occupation was a tutor‚ but he also traveled around Europe to meet with scientists and to study different forms of government. He became interested in why people allowed themselves to be ruled‚ and what would be the best form of government for England. Thomas Hobbes was the first great figure in modern moral philosophy. Hobbes had a pessimistic view of people; he

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    Houghton Mifflin Company. For the sake of argumentation and other various definitions available‚ the definition provided would be the standard on which will be political pacifism. Reflected in the political writings of Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes is the materialization of the state in which pacifism is a potential position. In The Prince‚ Machiavelli expresses “a prince/cannot observe all virtues for which are reputed good‚ because it is often necessary to act against mercy/faith/humanity/in

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    The Purpose of Government

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    order and stability‚ to establish and maintain a legal system‚ provide services‚ too raise and spend money‚ and to socialize new generations. “ (Harrison/Harris‚ American Federal Government pg.9-10) The marksman behind Order & Stability‚ being Thomas Hobbes‚ gives our government some definite guidelines of giving the people rules and regulations employing a more peaceful society. This structure set a functioning course for our country‚ and continues to allow us a framework to establish laws. Maintaining

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    Thomas Hobbes’ idea of the state of nature of humans is an understandable philosophy that can be proved true by examples in history‚ but his contract solution for the human state of nature is a ruthless and unrealistic idea that I could not get behind. I can agree with some ideas expressed in Hobbes’ state of nature‚ but his solution weds some tweaking for me to support it. The human state of nature according to Thomas Hobbes consists of pure anarchy. I don’t completely agree with everything thomas

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    Source one is positive towards liberalism. Liberalism essentially believes that majority of people has the ability to run their own live and therefore be given the freedom to do so. As well as it also believes that by giving the freedom to people‚ they will act responsibly and not become avaricious and try getting more than what they are capable of. The source is saying that the ideology of liberalism explains how everyone has the ability to make their own choices in life‚ due to self-interest and

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    deserve and independent identity. This theory had two main philosopher’s whom studied social contract and expanded upon the existence of the theory. Thomas Hobbes was the first advocate and later came John Locke who built upon what Hobbes’s theory was and expanded it to greater things. Summary of Contract Theories Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) advocated that individuals would be best served by entering into a collective agreement that could ensure a person’s individual security

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