There were great philosophers such as Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, and Thomas Hobbes, who influenced their own time. Thomas Hobbes is, arguably, the greatest of all, on account of his coherent analysis, his energy and vividness with which he expressed his views, detailed development of argument and his simple conclusions which are impossible to ignore. In 20th Century, Hobbes's ideas have been paid more sustained and critical attention than preceding centuries. His opinions have been argued since they were formed and they will be criticized, supported and taught in the future, as well. Yet, who is actually Thomas Hobbes, what views did he defend and how did his views occur?.
To begin with, Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588. He commenced to write about politics in the 1640s, while the conflict was developing between the king and the parliament that resulted in the English civil war. In 1640, when the king's supporters began to lose, as he was in favor of absolutism, he had to go to France with many royalists. For a time, he was the teacher of the Prince of Wales, later Charles II. He associated with French philosophers, Mersenne, Gassendi, Descartes and others. He conducted a controversy with Bishop Bramhall, another Royalist refugee, on the subject of free will, in which Hobbes claimed that choice is always determined by motives. He was interested in the whole range of philosophical and scientific ideas of the time, but especially in political philosophy. When he was in Paris, he published De Cive, his first major study on politics, and wrote Leviathan, published in 1651. In 1652 Hobbes returned to England and made peace with the government of Thomas Cromwell. In the 1660, the monarchy in England was restored, which caused Hobbes to be embarrassed, since he had made his peace with Cromwell. In the later part of his life, and after his death, Hobbes was constantly accused by Church of England writers of atheism; nevertheless, he was not an atheist but a materialist.
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According to Thomas Hobbes, man living in a state of nature which lacks sovereign will be living like a beast or wild animal in the jungle. ... To Thomas Hobbes, a state of nature is just simply a state of war where man is competing with another man in order to survive. ... To Thomas Hobbes, "A state of nature is a state of war" and not a state of peaceful co-existence as Locke puts it. To Thomas Hobbes, man is viewed in a pessimistic light by describing his life as "solitary, nasty, poor, short and brutish affair." How John Locke and Thomas Hobbes view the term "social contract" or governmen...
Thomas Hobbes was a Realist who believed the purpose of the state was to protect the security of the state and to protect civil society from chaos and anarchy. ... Hobbes felt that the social contract was between the people of the state, it was designed to maintain order. ... Justice to Hobbes was whatever the sovereign said was the law and it was to be followed. Hobbes understanding of human nature was a very negative one. ... Because of his view of how nasty life is without the state, Hobbes subscribes to a very authoritarian version of government. ...
Political Philosophies of John Locke & Thomas Hobbes English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now widely regarded as a truly great philosopher of the 17th century. ... These, along with Hobbes" other famous political writings have been collected in "The English Works of Thomas Hobbes" (11 volumes) and "Thomae Hobbes Opera Philosophica Quae Latina Scripsit Omnia" both edited by Molesworth. Hobbes" main quest was to construct a civil political system that would not come to a demise from within. ... "The condition of mere nature", is the term used by Hobbes to describe this state of perfectly...
State of Nature Within Hobbes's state of nature he believes each human being acts only for his own good, thus human beings are not naturally fit for society, for they will inevitably fight for the resources, that Hobbes views as scarce (a concept that is still adhered to, to-day) and so by installing the idea of scarce resources, Hobbes can justify the argument that self-interest will lead to competition. ... Critics of the "state of nature" like Robert Filmer have argued; "indeed if such a multitude of men should be created as the earth could not well nourish, there might be cause for...
Thomas Hobbe's Leviathan "And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". ... Such a transfer is considered by Hobbes to be unconditionally binding. ... Power is for Hobbes indivisible, and a monarch is proof against any slippage in this respect. ... Separation of power equates to weakness in Hobbes" model of government. ... Thomas Hobbe's Leviathan "And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". ...
