Thomas Hobbes - Introduction to Leviathan | Political Philosophy

Thomas Hobbes is the most influential modern political thinker. Here is an introduction to his life and writings including Leviathan
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When I first read Hobbes in an undergrad political science class I was also horrified. But now I understand he is describing the way politics appear to be and how it functions, not a moral theory about how it should be.

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No wonder the Cavendishes were interested in military matters. Judging from the family portrait, it looks like each one of them had a near miss with a cannon ball. Pays to have good reflexes.

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I generally disagree with the interpretation of the "state of nature" as described by Hobbes. In the video, it makes the point of the "post-Apocalyptic" or "Mad Max" kind of world, and I think that is closer to the truth. The "state of nature" is not a pre-existing condition that created the need for a State or ruler, but it would be the result of a society that had a ruler and then it's structure broke down. We have plenty of evidence of cultures that existed before civilization, as Hobbes or modern people would define it, and even in the present day there are cultures that remain in that condition, and they certainly do not fit Hobbes' description. Instead, it is similar to when some economists point to the barter system in prisons to promote the idea that the barter system is a natural development in a society without money. However, the problem is that the people in prison used money before they went to prison. In fact, most of them are in prison because of the way that they made money. Therefore, naturally, they would develop a similar system when money is not available. So the barter system is more likely a development when people conditioned to the use of money are put in a situation where it doesn't exist or is very scarce. Also, often, prisoners will designate a commodity (like cigarettes in popular fiction about prisons) to stand in for money. In the same way, in Hobbes' time and our, certainly if the authority of the state broke down, it would become a "Bellum omnium contra omnes" - the war of all against all - but that would be due more to the fact the people thrust into the "state of nature" had been conditioned to state authority. Certainly, the Civil War in Hobbes time is evidence of this.

[@PiedFifer]

Wait, he met Galileo and he still thought man was corrupt by nature? He admired Euclid but descended into self-abnegation? Sound like the rot of envy.

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Ah, Leviathan

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