NettetThomas Hobbes (født 5. april 1588 Westport – senere en del av Malmesbury – i Wiltshire i England, død 4. desember 1679 på Hardwick Hall i Derbyshire) var en engelsk filosof. Han er mest kjent for sitt hovedverk Leviathan, der han søker å rettferdiggjøre staten og vise hvordan det er vår plikt å lyde den. NettetHobbes argues that individuals require a “visible power to keep them in awe,” to remind them of the purpose of the social contract and to force them, for fear of punishment, to keep their promises. This power must also be sufficient to keep in check the yearning for superiority of those who desire honor or glory.

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Nettet2 dager siden · PAKISTAN has entered a quasi-Hobbesian state for its institutions but a full Hobbesian condition for some of its population. For the former, celebrated English political thinker Hobbes’ comment ... NettetHobbes was a proponent of Absolutism, a system which placed control of the state in the hands of a single individual, a monarch free from all forms of limitations or … clima sjc semana

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NettetModern politics are the actions or activities concerned with achieving and using power in a country or society. In this modern world modern politics is playing a major role in shaping and developing the society into a better place to live in, but at the same time it can also be lethal if it falls under the person with no sound knowledge about how modern politics. NettetHobbes’s bold hypothesis was that the motion of individual beings could be reduced to the effects of mechanical apparatus consisting of sense organs, nerves, muscles, imagination, memory and reason. The apparatus did not have the capacity to move on its own accord. Its motion was created by external forces or objects. NettetFilmer's assessment of Hobbes's political philosophy was very insightful and his own emphasis on the patrimonial kingdom raises a crucial question regarding Hobbes: why … clima slp pozos