Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher in the 17th century.
He led us through one of the most thorny political issues:
To what extent we should be patient to obey the rulers,
Especially those who are bad.
When should we start revolutions and resist governments in search of a better world?
Hobsla’s thinking is separated from one event, which began when he was 64 years old
That began when he was 64 years old
He had marked it very deeply, changing all the colors of his thinking later on.
Significantly, Hobbs died at the age of ninety-one
This is all I remember for today
He wrote after the age of sixty
The event was the English Civil War
That conflict was fierce, divided, costly and deadly
It has spread in England for nearly a decade
Incited the king’s forces against the parliament
Killing two million people on both sides
Hobbes was by nature a deeply peaceful and cautious man
She hated all kinds of violence
That is the tendency he made at the age of four
When his father was a clergyman, he was stigmatized
Forced him to give up his wife and family
After being involved in a quarrel with another cleric
In the footsteps of his church in the village of Wilt Shire
The work we remember by Hobbs
“Leivithian” printed in 1651
It was more specific
And convinced
And most of the statement is more than any written product that had been known before
Why should one obey government authority?
Even if they are not perfect
In order to avoid the danger of chaos and bloodshed
To understand Hobbes’ conservative background
It helps to realize this across Western Europe
In the seventeenth century
Political theorists began asking
New direction
On what grounds
To obey their rulers?
For centuries, back to the Middle Ages
They were based on such
What was contained in the theory called “the divine right of kings”
Which were rude and simple
But it was very moving
Noting that it is only God
Who appoints all kings
And that one has to obey all these rulers for a clear reason:
Because God said so
And he will send you to hell if you do not agree
But this is no longer a convincing proof for many thoughtful people
Who argued that the right to govern, in the end, do not rest and kings
But with ordinary people
Who give kings power
Therefore they should only be expected to give orders from kings
As long as, and only as long
Things are going well for them (ie ordinary people)
This was known as the “social contract” government theory
Hobbes saw the theory of “the divine right of kings” as nonsense
Little by little, it became increasingly unconvincing
The role of religious inspectors has also declined
Hobbes himself was an atheist
At the same time he was very scared
One possible outcome of the theory of “social contract”
Which may encourage people to oppose the rulers
Whenever they feel unhappy with a lot of them.
Hobbs had received the first Ghaith
By cutting the head of King Charles I
On a guillotine at Whitewall Palace in 1649
His intellectual efforts were geared towards confirmation
Those nasty and primitive scenes will never be repeated
So Hobbes presented a brilliant discussion in the Levantine
By trying to pair the theory of social contract
While defending the full obedience to traditional authority.
The way he invented it was to refer the reader back to time
To the period known as the “state of nature”
Before there are kings of any kind
And prompted readers to think about how governments are emerging
in the first place…
The key to Hobbes’ argument was that the state of nature
What ever was a nice place
Because humans have left their own desires
Without a central authority to keep them from panic
It will soon degenerate into internal conflict and excessive wrangling
It will be a bit like the English Civil War
But with people in bear skins pushing each other with flint plates
As Hobbes puts it, life in the state of nature will be
“Nasty” and brutal and short
As a result of fear, horror and chaos
People will tend to form governments
They do so willingly
As confirmed by the authors of the social contract
But also under great coercion
The strong grip of power is resorted to
So, Hobbs said
They have a subsequent duty to maintain obedience
With just a bit of rights to complain, if there was something they did not like
The only right that people may have to protest is
It is against the absolute ruler
Or Levithian as Hobbs calls it
If he threatened to kill them directly
However, if the governor takes office only
With huge taxes
Adding paralysis to the economy and arresting people
There will never be any reason to bring people together on the streets and demand a change of government
As Hobbes wrote:
Admitted that the ruler may come along with “a tendency to do evil deeds
But it remains the duty of people to obey this person, as follows:
But this inconvenience is in any case wrong people not the king, because as Hobbes adds:
If men were to judge themselves
There will never be a need for any coercive force involved
He also went on to:
Hobbes’ theory was dark and cautious
And not optimistic about the government
In our most optimistic moments we want him to be wrong
But it seems that Hobbes’ name will always be present and alive
When revolutions incite the search for freedom and go to terrible mistakes ..
Hobbes maintained in the preface to Leptian that he had written the book:
He led us through one of the most thorny political issues:
To what extent we should be patient to obey the rulers,
Especially those who are bad.
When should we start revolutions and resist governments in search of a better world?
Hobsla’s thinking is separated from one event, which began when he was 64 years old
That began when he was 64 years old
He had marked it very deeply, changing all the colors of his thinking later on.
Significantly, Hobbs died at the age of ninety-one
This is all I remember for today
He wrote after the age of sixty
The event was the English Civil War
That conflict was fierce, divided, costly and deadly
It has spread in England for nearly a decade
Incited the king’s forces against the parliament
Killing two million people on both sides
Hobbes was by nature a deeply peaceful and cautious man
She hated all kinds of violence
That is the tendency he made at the age of four
When his father was a clergyman, he was stigmatized
Forced him to give up his wife and family
After being involved in a quarrel with another cleric
In the footsteps of his church in the village of Wilt Shire
The work we remember by Hobbs
“Leivithian” printed in 1651
It was more specific
And convinced
And most of the statement is more than any written product that had been known before
Why should one obey government authority?
Even if they are not perfect
In order to avoid the danger of chaos and bloodshed
To understand Hobbes’ conservative background
It helps to realize this across Western Europe
In the seventeenth century
Political theorists began asking
New direction
On what grounds
To obey their rulers?
For centuries, back to the Middle Ages
They were based on such
What was contained in the theory called “the divine right of kings”
Which were rude and simple
But it was very moving
Noting that it is only God
Who appoints all kings
And that one has to obey all these rulers for a clear reason:
Because God said so
And he will send you to hell if you do not agree
But this is no longer a convincing proof for many thoughtful people
Who argued that the right to govern, in the end, do not rest and kings
But with ordinary people
Who give kings power
Therefore they should only be expected to give orders from kings
As long as, and only as long
Things are going well for them (ie ordinary people)
This was known as the “social contract” government theory
Hobbes saw the theory of “the divine right of kings” as nonsense
Little by little, it became increasingly unconvincing
The role of religious inspectors has also declined
Hobbes himself was an atheist
At the same time he was very scared
One possible outcome of the theory of “social contract”
Which may encourage people to oppose the rulers
Whenever they feel unhappy with a lot of them.
Hobbs had received the first Ghaith
By cutting the head of King Charles I
On a guillotine at Whitewall Palace in 1649
His intellectual efforts were geared towards confirmation
Those nasty and primitive scenes will never be repeated
So Hobbes presented a brilliant discussion in the Levantine
By trying to pair the theory of social contract
While defending the full obedience to traditional authority.
The way he invented it was to refer the reader back to time
To the period known as the “state of nature”
Before there are kings of any kind
And prompted readers to think about how governments are emerging
in the first place…
The key to Hobbes’ argument was that the state of nature
What ever was a nice place
Because humans have left their own desires
Without a central authority to keep them from panic
It will soon degenerate into internal conflict and excessive wrangling
It will be a bit like the English Civil War
But with people in bear skins pushing each other with flint plates
As Hobbes puts it, life in the state of nature will be
“Nasty” and brutal and short
As a result of fear, horror and chaos
People will tend to form governments
They do so willingly
As confirmed by the authors of the social contract
But also under great coercion
The strong grip of power is resorted to
So, Hobbs said
They have a subsequent duty to maintain obedience
With just a bit of rights to complain, if there was something they did not like
The only right that people may have to protest is
It is against the absolute ruler
Or Levithian as Hobbs calls it
If he threatened to kill them directly
However, if the governor takes office only
With huge taxes
Adding paralysis to the economy and arresting people
There will never be any reason to bring people together on the streets and demand a change of government
As Hobbes wrote:
Admitted that the ruler may come along with “a tendency to do evil deeds
But it remains the duty of people to obey this person, as follows:
But this inconvenience is in any case wrong people not the king, because as Hobbes adds:
If men were to judge themselves
There will never be a need for any coercive force involved
He also went on to:
Hobbes’ theory was dark and cautious
And not optimistic about the government
In our most optimistic moments we want him to be wrong
But it seems that Hobbes’ name will always be present and alive
When revolutions incite the search for freedom and go to terrible mistakes ..
Hobbes maintained in the preface to Leptian that he had written the book:
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