... , I find it necessary to first show how each of these political theorists embrace this idea personally. 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. And if a government is supposed to protect a...

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... the Age of Reason. At this time, a scientific awakening affected Hobbes; he gained more knowledge of political philosophy. He looked up to and worked with Galileo and Newton. In the Leviathan, Hobbes major political philosophy work, he established political theory on a scientific basis. Hobbes sees the State of Nature as conditions of man before any state or civil society or government ... to avoid anarchy, due to the motive of human nature, which Hobbes sees fear of death, which supports the reasoning to why the Civil Society was formed. Explained in the Leviathan, "For every man is de...

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... motion to the whole body such as was intended by the artificer?"1. He says that a man does not need a soul, because it is a machine. Moreover, he explains a society as a man - Leviathan. Which is also a machine and all the actions inside the society are just mechanical processes and interactions. The reason of why people do need social contract is the nature of ... ...

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... to obey it and may, indeed, entitle us to overthrow it and establish a new government. THOMAS HOBBES • Might be described as pre-liberal, or perhaps a proto-liberal, thinker. • Leviathan 1651; "state of nature" • World of "perfect" liberty and equality. • Rational, self-interested people would have every reason to enter into a "social contract" to put themselves under the ... ...

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