'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemp 'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was publicly burnt for sedition the moment it was published. But his penetrating work of political philosophy - now fully revised and with a new introduction for this edition - opened up questions about the nature of statecraft and society that influenced governments across the world. Not only did I disagree with Hobbes' conclusions, I find his assumptions (his arguments based entirely in Christian perspective) essentially worthless. The only value this tract served to me is to 'know thy enemy'. This is a classic example of mental circus tricks being used to justify the march of Christian dominance across the globe. ![]() Description: Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is the greatest work of political philosophy in English and the first great work of philosophy in English. Beginning with premises that were sometimes controversial, such as that every human action is caused by the agent’s desire for his own good, Hobbes derived shocking conclusions, such as that the. I can't think of any written text that I despise more, except perhaps Mein Kempf. Hobbes is my least favorite philosopher. He embodies everything I despise in West Not only did I disagree with Hobbes' conclusions, I find his assumptions (his arguments based entirely in Christian perspective) essentially worthless. The only value this tract served to me is to 'know thy enemy'. This is a classic example of mental circus tricks being used to justify the march of Christian dominance across the globe. Exacq offers exacqVision IP camera servers, hybrid video recorders, video management system (VMS) software, video encoders and IP video security solutions for CCTV, analog cameras and IP cameras from leading manufacturers. Exacq vision software camera recording folder. If you think you will be growing the system or needing anything more than simple recording and playback, get cameras that are compatible with the NAS AND more popular, professional surveillance software like NetworkOptix, Exacq Vision, Luxriot, Mirasys, Milestone, Genetec, Aimetis, or SeeTec. I can't think of any written text that I despise more, except perhaps Mein Kempf. Hobbes is my least favorite philosopher. He embodies everything I despise in Western thought. If I met Hobbes in the street I would flash him my tits and then slap him in the face and call him a pervert. Both the conclusions and methodology of 'Leviathan' are shocking to the modern reader. Writing in the seventeenth century, Hobbes attacked medieval political philosophy and religion. However, unlike the enlightenment philosophers he did not base his arguments on the classical authors of Greece and Rome. Instead he made it clear that he considered them to be as much in the wrong as the medieval scholastics. Thus starting from zero, Hobbes then developed the doctrine that every nation or commonwea Both the conclusions and methodology of 'Leviathan' are shocking to the modern reader. Writing in the seventeenth century, Hobbes attacked medieval political philosophy and religion. However, unlike the enlightenment philosophers he did not base his arguments on the classical authors of Greece and Rome. Instead he made it clear that he considered them to be as much in the wrong as the medieval scholastics. Thus starting from zero, Hobbes then developed the doctrine that every nation or commonwealth requires a undivided sovereign.
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