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Emily Hendricks
Danielle Deschene
Lauren Deguire
Jason Meehan
Tyler Geffert THOMAS HOBBES
BACKGROUND
Born in England
Born in April of 1588
Rumored to be born prematurely because of the stressed caused by the approaching Spanish armada
Abandoned by his father at a young age he was raided by his uncle
Began going to school, at Magdalen College when he was 15
The only thing that he liked in school was maps and charts
Graduated at the age of 19
Became a private tutor to William Cavendish
In a trip to the continental Europe he became interested in history
In 1629 he published a translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
His main purpose of publishing this was to warn England about the dangers of democracy
In 1636 took a trip to continental Europe again where he met Galileo
It was during this trip he became very interested in the science of mechanics
He went on to publish three books about mechanics De corpora, De homine, De cive
In 1646 when the English King Charles II fled to Paris Hobbes was asked to tutor him in math
In 1651 he published Leviathan which made a case for a restored monarchy
In 1679 published Behemoth this book explained the causes of English civil wars
He also died at the age of 90 in 1679 (Hodges, Miles 2000)
(Jason Meehan)
Thomas Hobbes' View on Human Nature Vs. Catholic View:
Thomas Hobbes' View: - The goal of human existence is to maintain power. - Humans are physical objects or machines and need to be controlled. - An ideal government is a Sovereign, where one ruler has total control over everybody. (Williams, Garrath 2003)
Catholic View: -The goal of human existence is to reach salvation through God’s Grace (Stewart, Cynthia 2008). -Every person has good in them and an inherent dignity because all humans are created in the “image of God”. -All governments must respect individual’s rights such as life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and rights to health, shelter, education, and employment. (Williams, Eric 2009)
Both Views: - Humans have desires for pleasure and have an instinct to be selfish. -To Catholics, orignial sin can be escaped by receiving salvation (Williams, Eric 2009). -To Hobbes, a "state of war" with other humans can be escaped by agreeing with others. -Everyone has free will and act freely in their actions (Kemerling, Garth 2001).
(Emily Hendricks)
Hobbes Polices:
- Hobbes set out to recast philosophy, which up to the Seventeenth-century, philosophy was still considered the interrelated study of all scientific, civil, and moral questions.(Lantz, Brian 2008)
- Hobbes argued that all perceived effects are literally attributed to “hard bodies” and their perceived motions.(De Corpore 2001)
“We must not therefore think that computation, that is ratiocination, has place only in numbers, as if man were distinguished from other living creatures by nothing but the faculty of numbering; for magnitude, body, time, degrees of quality, action, conception of proportion, speech, and names (in which all the kinds of philosophy consist) are capable of addition and subtraction. ... Effects and the appearances of things to sense are faculties or powers of bodies.” -Thomas Hobbes
(Lauren Deguire)
Current Political and Social Laws:
North Korea’s government thoroughly depicts a current political law of Thomas Hobbes work. North Korea’s government is totalitarianism, which means it subordinates all aspects of its citizens' lives to the authority of the state. Hobbes believed that all aspects of the civilization should be ran by one person, and should have all the power over everyone's lives. Thomas Hobbes wanted one powerful leader, and in North Korea they believe in the same political laws and views. He wanted the government to have power. North Korea is considered to be a communist state that is highly centralized (Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2011).
“The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.” - Thomas Hobbes
(Danielle Deschene)
(Danielle Deschene) "the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. ... The condition of man ... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. (Hobbes, Leviathan)"
For the Laws of Nature (as justice, equity, modesty, mercy, and, in sum, doing to others as we would be done to) of themselves, without the terror of some power, to cause them to be observed, are contrary to our natural passions, that carry us to partiality, pride, revenge and the like. (Hobbes, Leviathan)
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. (Hobbes, Leviathan)
To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues. (Hobbes, Leviathan) Human nature is a state of war
Every man for himself
Everyone will do what they have to in order to survive
Lord of the flies is a good example of his view
No form of government
Humans will never be happy with the power they have and will always want to acquire more
(Renaissance Quarterly, 2008).
(Tyler Geffert)
Williams, Garrath. "Hobbes, Thomas: Moral and Political Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p., 21 May 2003. Web. 05 Sept. 2011. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/hobmoral/#H4>.
Emily Hendricks
Danielle Deschene
Lauren Deguire
Jason Meehan
Tyler Geffert
THOMAS HOBBES
- Born in England
- Born in April of 1588
- Rumored to be born prematurely because of the stressed caused by the approaching Spanish armada
- Abandoned by his father at a young age he was raided by his uncle
- Began going to school, at Magdalen College when he was 15
- The only thing that he liked in school was maps and charts
- Graduated at the age of 19
- Became a private tutor to William Cavendish
- In a trip to the continental Europe he became interested in history
- In 1629 he published a translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
- His main purpose of publishing this was to warn England about the dangers of democracy
- In 1636 took a trip to continental Europe again where he met Galileo
- It was during this trip he became very interested in the science of mechanics
- He went on to publish three books about mechanics De corpora, De homine, De cive
- In 1646 when the English King Charles II fled to Paris Hobbes was asked to tutor him in math
- In 1651 he published Leviathan which made a case for a restored monarchy
- In 1679 published Behemoth this book explained the causes of English civil wars
- He also died at the age of 90 in 1679 (Hodges, Miles 2000)
(Jason Meehan)Thomas Hobbes' View on Human Nature Vs. Catholic View:
Thomas Hobbes' View:
- The goal of human existence is to maintain power.
- Humans are physical objects or machines and need to be controlled.
- An ideal government is a Sovereign, where one ruler has total control over everybody.
(Williams, Garrath 2003)
Catholic View:
-The goal of human existence is to reach salvation through God’s Grace (Stewart, Cynthia 2008).
-Every person has good in them and an inherent dignity because all humans are created in the “image of God”.
-All governments must respect individual’s rights such as life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and rights to health, shelter, education, and employment.
(Williams, Eric 2009)
Both Views:
- Humans have desires for pleasure and have an instinct to be selfish.
-To Catholics, orignial sin can be escaped by receiving salvation (Williams, Eric 2009).
-To Hobbes, a "state of war" with other humans can be escaped by agreeing with others.
-Everyone has free will and act freely in their actions (Kemerling, Garth 2001).
(Emily Hendricks)
Hobbes Polices:
- Hobbes set out to recast philosophy, which up to the Seventeenth-century, philosophy was still considered the interrelated study of all scientific, civil, and moral questions.(Lantz, Brian 2008)
- Hobbes argued that all perceived effects are literally attributed to “hard bodies” and their perceived motions.(De Corpore 2001)
“We must not therefore think that computation, that is ratiocination, has place only in numbers, as if man were distinguished from other living creatures by nothing but the faculty of numbering; for magnitude, body, time, degrees of quality, action, conception of proportion, speech, and names (in which all the kinds of philosophy consist) are capable of addition and subtraction. ... Effects and the appearances of things to sense are faculties or powers of bodies.” -Thomas Hobbes
(Lauren Deguire)
Current Political and Social Laws:
North Korea’s government thoroughly depicts a current political law of Thomas Hobbes work. North Korea’s government is totalitarianism, which means it subordinates all aspects of its citizens' lives to the authority of the state. Hobbes believed that all aspects of the civilization should be ran by one person, and should have all the power over everyone's lives. Thomas Hobbes wanted one powerful leader, and in North Korea they believe in the same political laws and views. He wanted the government to have power. North Korea is considered to be a communist state that is highly centralized (Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2011).
“The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.” - Thomas Hobbes
(Danielle Deschene)
(Danielle Deschene)
"the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. ... The condition of man ... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. (Hobbes, Leviathan)"
For the Laws of Nature (as justice, equity, modesty, mercy, and, in sum, doing to others as we would be done to) of themselves, without the terror of some power, to cause them to be observed, are contrary to our natural passions, that carry us to partiality, pride, revenge and the like. (Hobbes, Leviathan)
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. (Hobbes, Leviathan)
To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues. (Hobbes, Leviathan)
Human nature is a state of war
Every man for himself
Everyone will do what they have to in order to survive
Lord of the flies is a good example of his view
No form of government
Humans will never be happy with the power they have and will always want to acquire more
(Renaissance Quarterly, 2008).
(Tyler Geffert)
WORK CITED
Hodges, Miles H. "Life of Thomas Hobbes." Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature. 2000. Web. 11 Sept. 2011.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/hobbes/hobbesbio.htm.
Kemerling, Garth. "Thomas Hobbes." Philosophy Pages. N.p., 27 Oct. 2001. Web. 05 Sept. 2011. <http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/3x.htm>.
"North Korea." U.S. Department of State. North Korea, 2011. Web. 09 Sept. 2011. <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm#>.
"Renaissance Quarterly." Renaissance Quarterly. 2008. Web. 5 Sept. 2011.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1353/ren.2008.0751>.
Stewart, Cynthia. "Roman Catholicism Human Nature and the Purpose of Existence." Balanced Views of Religion and Spirituality with Faith | Patheos. N.p., 2008. Web. 05 Sept. 2011. <http://www.patheos.com/Library/Roman-Catholicism/Beliefs/Human-Nature-and-the-Purpose-of-Existence.html>.
"Thomas Hobbes Quotes." Find the Famous Quotes You Need, ThinkExist.com Quotations. Think Exist, 1999. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://thinkexist.com/quotes/thomas_hobbes/>.
Williams, Eric. "The Catholic Understanding of Human Nature, Page 3 of 3." Associated Content from Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com. N.p., 3 July 2009. Web. 05 Sept. 2011. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1884550/the_catholic_understanding_of_human_pg3.html?cat=37>.
Williams, Garrath. "Hobbes, Thomas: Moral and Political Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p., 21 May 2003. Web. 05 Sept. 2011. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/hobmoral/#H4>.