Summary Of Thomas Hobbes Leviathan

In the very words of Hobbes, in his work the Leviathan, man in the state of nature are equal and their desires alters there destiny in life. Hobbes saw that men are equal being, and what triggers them to be in conflict is there desires which happens to be the same. According to him, men, in the same desires will try to race to achieve that desires and war of all against all occurs. Many century had passed and the war of all against all has happened. It devastated and traumatized the humankind. Due to such reason, men aimed to protect their mortality and associated themselves with others to be as one state with one that governs and protect them from chaos and help them to survive. Such government acts as the promoter and the one that maintains order in the state. In few years past different kinds of states was created with their unique kind of government.
The thought of peace and security was positively foreseen after the creation of states. But sad to say it had actually open the doors to the most terror war of the existence of mankind. The war of all men against all men was replaced with states against states. The World War I and II erupted wherein countless lives of people are wasted and weaker states are buried and the need for a great Leviathan, in the international sphere, was a gain needed. To commence the war, as the leaders of the …show more content…
It has been proven that international law and municipal law is supreme in its respective jurisdiction and that both of their legal element contained within the domestic and international systems respectively to be observed depending on the case at bar. In cases wherein states, in there international obligation and as they do their acts outside of its sphere and sometimes even domestically, they are both bound to observe each others jurisdiction and practicability to promote order and manageable