These Laws of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103 v/s 122) allow humans to avoid living in a State of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 98-102) and allow them to co-exist in a collective unit to preserve peace. ... (Hobbes, Leviathan 122) Hobbes believes that there are two types of people who live in a Law of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103-122), a Natural Person (Hobbes, Leviathan 125) and an Artificial Person. (Hobbes, Leviathan 125) A Natural Person (Hobbes, Leviathan 125) is one whose words are the individuals and the originator of the words, so the contract they create to escape the State of Nature (...

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Thomas Hobbes in his book The Leviathan talks about the great Leviathan which is synonymous with that of a common-wealth or state. He believes this Leviathan to be but an "artificial man; though of greater stature and strength than the Naturall, for whose protection and defense it was intended".(Hobbes p.1) What Hobbes I believe means by this is that the Leviathan, or government has been set up to protect and defend its public from harm. ... Thereby showing how Hobbes Leviathan is set up to provide for the good of the public. ...

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In the Leviathan, Hobbes makes an analogy which parallels the civil state to the parts of a human body. ... The state of nature in Leviathan is derived from Hobbes' speculation as to how people (who are inherently selfish) would behave prior to the formation of any civil society. ... (Leviathan) Hobbes' notion is that human nature is made up of mechanic appetites (towards something) and aversions (fromward something), mediated by power struggles. ... (Leviathan) With the invention of the state of nature surfaces Leviathan, Hobbes' narrative, in which the main charac...

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English philosopher Thomas Hobbes's novel Leviathan (1651), John Locke's The Second Treasite of Government (1690), and Genevian philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality (1755) political theories and ideologies held an immense influence on the shaping of governmental systems and society in Europe and America. ... In his renowned text, Leviathan, English philosopher Thomas Hobbs introduces his theory on human nature; man's morality, politics, psychological egoism, and their correlations; as well as how they contribute to the creation of government. He intro...

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One hundred and thirty years later, with the publication of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes brought beliefs on the foundation and extent of government out of the church and into the next level of political thought. ...

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