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Thomas Hobbes

Philosopher of the Day:. Thomas Hobbes. The founding father of modern political philosophy. How can mankind live together in peace?. How is political auth orit y justified and how far does it extend?. Lived during a time of upheaval in England:.

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Thomas Hobbes

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  1. Philosopher of the Day: Thomas Hobbes

  2. The founding father of modern political philosophy. How can mankind live together in peace?

  3. How is political authority justified and how far does it extend?

  4. Lived during a time of upheaval in England: Born on the day the English defeated the Spanish Armada. Fled England after the beheading of Charles I.

  5. Hobbes greatest fear was social & political chaos. He was a… • Scientist • Optics • Mathematician • Geometry • Translator of classics • Lawyer • Philosopher

  6. He wroteLeviathan • People are by nature cruel, greedy, selfish… • Without law man is by nature brutal… • In a social contract, people give up their freedom for an organized society….

  7. Hobbes in Leviathan: The ideal government is a strong, absolute monarch who can control the people.

  8. E “Force and fraud in war the two cardinal virtues.”

  9. “As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.”

  10. “Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

  11. F “Leisure is the mother of philosophy.”

  12. o “I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.”

  13. Thomas Hobbes • English Philosopher • Author of Leviathan • Believed man was by nature selfish • Developed theory of Social Contract • Believed in Absolute Monarchy

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