thomas hobbes born 1588- died 1679. early interests thomas hobbes was fascinated by the idea of...
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THOMAS HOBBES
Born 1588- Died 1679
EARLY INTERESTS
Thomas Hobbes was fascinated by the idea of
movement• This started as physical movement though Hobbes
was by no means a Physicist.• Eventually his studies took him past material
movement to the point of a questioning the motivations of human beings.
• He saw that like in the scientific world humans function on initial forces and incentives.
Hobbes took those ideas of human motivation and
applied them to a political and social setting.
England at the time he lived was going through
it’s civil war.
Hobbes’ Philosophical attitude is reflected in the
discord that ensued from those dark times of weak
or nonexistent leadership.
POLITICAL WORKS
THE LEVIATHAN
This is Hobbes’ crowning work and was mostly
political and religious.
Hobbes supported having a central power and
government that ruled the masses.• Again possibly this is due to the chaos that he saw
during civil war England.
Not just any Government either an absolute and
extremely central all controlling government
WHY?
Central Government Lose Government
BASICALLY
Hobbes did not trust people to do the right thing
without the Government watching to make sure they
did it right.
He was a strong supporter of Absolutism
BUT!
Though Hobbes totally supported this absolute
power behind Government he reserved certain rights
for the people to defend themselves.• Such times were when the government put either
the person, the person’s family or their honor at stake.
• Though he still absolutely abhorred revolution