Thomas Hobbes
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2006-11-16 11:26:55 · 4 answers · asked by Sami ☮<3 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Really, you should probably just check out his Wikipedia page. It lays it all out for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes
He believed that we all fear violent death, and that we have a right to defend ourselves in any way possible. He believed that since resources are scarce, life is a "war of all against all." He believed that life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." He believed that it's in our best interest to avoid war.
He was born in England in the late 16th century. He was a good student who studied at Oxford. He knew Francis Bacon. His main work was Leviathan. A lot of his philosophy seems to have been influenced by the English Civil War, which broke out in the 1640s. He died of a stroke at the age of 92.
Those are the basics.
2006-11-16 11:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by Brad 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Hobbes Beliefs
2016-09-28 14:15:47 · answer #2 · answered by gavilanes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hobbes Beliefs
2016-12-18 14:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men in a state of nature, that is a state without civil government, are in a war of all against all in which life is hardly worth living. The way out of this desperate state is to make a social contract and establish the state to keep peace and order. Because of his view of how nasty life is without the state, Hobbes subscribes to a very authoritarian version of the social contract.
2006-11-16 11:35:31 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
check out Calvin And Hobbes
2006-11-16 11:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
There was just way to much to write but you can read it here.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes
2006-11-16 11:30:37 · answer #6 · answered by dianehaggart 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋