Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan | Political Philosophy

In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes offers the first systematic justification for obedience to state authority. This is an overview of his famous text.
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With regards to war, an understanding of human nature, with the help of Hobbes, leads us to conclude that humans need "war", it makes us feel alive, like we have relevance and meaning. Only by sublimating our instincts into safer forms of warfare, such as war games, sports etc. can this desire for war be worked off in a healthy way.

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...another "safe" form of warfare, is accumulation of capital. Though obviously through moral means. If somebody deems you have attained capital through unfair or immoral means, then they will wage war on you.

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Critique of Pure Reason is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in which the author seeks to determine the limits and scope of metaphysics.

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We derive our appetites and aversions mostly from others, we want what somebody else has, we reject what others reject, to the extent we can control our "desires", and simultaneously convince others to control their "desires", is the extent we can avert conflict.

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What was Hobbes conception of the highest good?

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May I ask, on which page is Hobbes quote (in 16:05 minutes) in Leviathan? "To resist a sovereign is to commit an act of injustice but once a group of men have begun resisting to join this group is no longer to commit an act of further injustice".

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It's not a quote

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Government by Consent is Government for Group Identity: 1. Government by consent is only possible by sympathetic relations between governments and their subjects. 2. The cause of oppression is a lack of a sympathetic relation between governments and their subjects. 3. Sympathy between governments and their subjects is only possible by shared intentions. 4. Popular intention is expressed by support for institutions of ideology, politics, religion, culture, language, race and economics. 5. Institutions have the primary function of maintaining, uplifting and saving a group identity. 6. Group identity is freely chosen by people with shared intentions. 7. Shared intentions arise out of desire, want, need and necessity. 8. Government by consent is government for a specific group identity.

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say, is this book (in any way) related to Frankenstein. somehow just reminds me of shelley’s monster

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[@GeorgWilde]

Who would think that every individual, including the "sovereign", pursues only his own ends. Who would think it is a bad idea to concentrate the sovereignty into few central institutions and call it the state - the legitimate garantor of all you have. People do bad when they are not coerced to do good, so let the most unscrupulous and wicked rule us to make us good. Give power to those with highest appetite for domination, so we can be moral down there... Hobbesian notion of entering social contract out of fear of being crushed by the "sovereign" is really fantastic. You don't have to voltunarily enter the contract, the fact that you didn't burn down the local magistrate is evidence enough for your agreement with the contract. Simply fantastic notion.

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Hobbes' notion seems a lot like China's old Mandate of Heaven, where the ruler is decided through agreement (not rebelling means implicit agreement). Down to the part where being able to join a rebellion means that the sovereign has lost the right to enforce the contract, therefore rebellion becomes a just cause. It worked for China for over 5000 years, so doesn't seem that unrealistic.

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“Hell is truth seen too late” Thomas Hobbes

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Sir What is "The end of obedience in protection " -hobbes "Homo humini lupus.... " Please comment.

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what movie is going on in the background?

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Scott Potter I think it was metropolis

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There’s a few movies in the background, metropolis and lord of the flies are some

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I would argue that in a "healthy" state there should be an open dialogue between the church and the state, neither being sub-ordinate to the other. Think of the church being the side of unknown unknown and the state being on the side of the known, or order. The church should be a safe space or place where ppl can discuss where the state is going wrong or become immoral. In turn, the church will be a check and balance on where the state is becoming immoral or depraved.

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Church is often immoral and depraved

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The black and white movie... is it lord of the flies?

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I believe so. Quite creative tbh since the idea of the state of nature relates to the book.

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What is the name of the movie being shown of children being stranded on an island. Living in a "state if nature"? 🙄

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Hobbes the securalist!

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Lord of the Flies

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"...but, there's also an incredibly utopian aspect to this project." I have had my suspicions that he was demon possessed, but that statement completely settles the matter in my mind.

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Hobbs was moving through Finnegan’s Wake

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A sovereign power can only be in one place at one time. The larger the society the more ridiculous and unfair that society will become. A sovereign power can only exist fairly in a small group of individuals who are known to one another such as in a tribe of 100 individuals or less.

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I love that he was like "it us terrible to rebel, but maybe there are certain circumstances in ehich you could," and his contemporaries lost their minds over this authoritarian take. Lol

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No loitering in thy Universe. We need others of like minded Holographic Human Mind’s Eyes

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The Benevolent Leviathan is about meeting the needs of the z herds

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Jajaja when the guy is dressed like Hobbes