Plato and Hobbes have similar philosophies for which one could compare regarding their theories in "The Republic," and "The Leviathan.... Hobbes states, "Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal" (Leviathan). ... Hobbes uses three principles as to what drives humans to be so hurtful and negative in society because of their human nature: Competition, Diffidence and Glory ...

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The Leviathan By Thomas Hobbes What Hobbes says in the chapter titled "Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery" of The Leviathan is that man are equal and none can declare he is superior to others. ... Hobbes says that If we disregard science, men are still intellectually equal. ...

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Thomas Hobbes is recognized to be a great advocate of absolute authority within a state. The essay that follows will illuminate Hobbs' reasons (premises) for the elimination of distributed authority in his political philosophy as in The Leviathan. Hobbes argues that an ailing commonwealth has many subsidizing factors. ... Hobbes defends his statement by stating that a man's conscience and judgement are identical. ... Hobbes believes that a regime should consist of a single entity. ...

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Similar to Hobbes, Locke starts his treatise by defining the concept of a state of nature. ... Whereas Hobbes did not dealt with the question of property in detail except entrusting it to the Leviathan, Locke shows a great enthusiasm for explaining the origins of property. ... Although for Hobbes the only reason for society and contract is the search for self-preservation, for Locke this basic right is guaranteed from the very beginning with the definition of state of nature and thus the establishment of an overawing power (a Leviathan) is not motivated by the transcendental desire for self-pr...

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It can also be seen in the writings of Thomas Hobbes. ... In his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes spends a great deal of time examining human nature and how he thinks humans would act without society, government, or a code of moral values (Thomas Hobbes). ... An additional philosophy of Thomas Hobbes was that when there is no control, there is no justice. ... This ties into the belief of Thomas Hobbes that, even though thought to be good, all men are born with inherent evil. It is debated that Thomas Hobbes" philosophies were false and unnecessarily pessimistic. ...

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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jaques Rousseau were three enlightenment thinkers who each drafted different ideas about the state of nature, and political solutions to make society and government more utopia-like. ... Hobbes believed that humans were not driven by a higher purpose, that they were merely physical, and that human life was nasty, short, poor, brutish, and solitary. ... Humans a lot of the time think that their desires are good, when in fact they are quite bad, which Hobbes writes about in Leviathan. To keep humans and their constant desires in line, Hobbes suggests the sover...

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Hobbes -- a Social Covenant Theorist Throughout the assigned portions of the Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes proves to be a "social contract" theorist, however inconsistently. ... Hobbes assumes that "Nature hath made men equall." ... (Hobbes 184) Hence, creating a constant state of war. ... (Hobbes 190) In addition to this most inconvenient physical state of nature, Hobbes elaborates upon the "mutuall transferring of right." ... (Hobbes 193) Thusly, forming this covenant, which promises that a...

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On the other hand, Hobbes believed that natural state for man is miserable, fearful and nasty. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes both believed that a society existed due to political regime. ... Thomas Hobbes first acknowledged this idea in his novel Leviathan written in the 1651. ... Hobbes considers that the state of nature is the state of war. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes's view on the natural state of man vary on several degrees. ...

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In his famous worth, the Leviathan, Hobbes forms a profound opinion of the primitive people of both the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. ... Hence, if man was not part of a state than he was in the state of manner, which was "solitary, poor, brutish and short" (Leviathan website). Although Hobbes" outlook may not be completely accurate, it does hold true to some extent. ... Life in the Neolithic Age took a turn toward a more orderly civilization and the descriptors stated by Hobbes in the Leviathan became less and less true. ... So Hobbes" observation is true in some regard but not comple...

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There were many important men in history of America, for example Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established social contract theory. ... Thomas Hobbes has a very famous quote from The Leviathan which is " the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. ... Thomas Hobbes wants an absolute monarchy, which can control the people at all times. ...

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According to Thomas Hobbes" Leviathon, all individuals are in complete competition towards each other. If we were to analyze the natural causes of quarels, fights, feuds and so on, we can conclude that Hobbes is right to stipulate that people live in an unavoidable state of perpetual war where morality is not present and that every individual lives in continuous fear. In such condition, there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious buildin...

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As Thomas Hobbes stated in Leviathan, " during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man." ...

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However, another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes comes in contrast with John Locke. In Hobbes book "Leviathan" he argued that humans are not rational and could not properly make decisions for themselves, therefore concluding that man is bad in nature. Hobbes fought for an authoritarian government run by one man who makes all the rational decisions for them. ... Another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes would disagree with that. ... Hobbes also believed that there was a danger in electing a strong leader in a liberal democracy. ...

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Bodin stressed the independence of the kings of France whereas the English author Thomas Hobbes emphasized the rights of the sovereign power of the state over all members of the common polity. State power which he called Leviathan must be released from all kinds of legal ties. ... John Lock is the author who took positions opposed to the approach taken by Thomas Hobbes. ...

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