So Hobbes’s second law of nature is that everyone ... is the pessimistic vision of the natural state of human beings it provides (Z Thomas via Wikimedia) It is worth noting an important fact ...

When Thomas ... a divine or natural right to rule, and if the sovereign failed to protect its subjects it could be overthrown. In focusing on individuals and their wellbeing Hobbes was a liberal ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/philrhet.54.3.0289 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/philrhet.54.3.0289 ABSTRACT For Victoria Kahn, Hobbes' argument that fear of ...

Thomas Hobbes ... published in 1651 just before Hobbes' return to England - reveals a political philosophy that is intimately related to Hobbes' account of the natural world.

Seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes has the reputation of being a bit of a curmudgeon. He is most famous for his bleak description of human nature — that without the rule of law's ...

Writer and psychologist Steven Pinker joins Matthew Parris to discuss the life of the great English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Noel Malcolm provides expert analysis. Show more Thomas Hobbes ...

Thomas Hobbes ... published in 1651 just before Hobbes' return to England - reveals a political philosophy that is intimately related to Hobbes' account of the natural world.