Thomas Hobbes Political Philosophy: The Leviathan
When you hear the name Thomas Hobbes what comes to mind? Actor, teacher, or
Maybe, you’ve never heard the name before. How about a 17th century philosopher with
Founding work in political philosophy. He was born in 1588, in Wiltshire, England and
Became a highly gifted student who soon attended Oxford. Thomas Hobbes’s first
Published work was a translation of the Greek historian Thucydides completed in 1629.
He was then noted and still recognized to this day as the author of the greatest works of
Political philosophy. The “Leviathan” was published in 1651.
By now you may be asking yourself, what is the “Leviathan” and what’s so
Special about this book? The “Leviathan” is Thomas Hobbes’s …show more content…
Moving though the book further, we have the part “Leviathan” that is devoted to
Describing the citizen’s requirements to the state, or Leviathan, and its genuine form and
Tasks. In the opinion of Hobbes, the best form of government is a monarchy. Seeing that
Any other form of government sovereign is not powerful enough to protect the
Individuals from outside intruders, as well as themselves. An individual’s role to the
Sovereign is total, acting in any other way is solely destroying one’s self. The
Commonwealth is set up for the self-preservation of its individuals. Needless to say, one
Has the choice of departing from the commonwealth if one finds it too iron-fisted, but to
Depart from the commonwealth is to return to the state of conflict that distinguishes pre-
Social man. This is the worst possible result; man is always protecting himself.
In part Three of the “Leviathan”, Hobbes attempts to reason that there should be
No conflict between obeying both civil and divine laws. Hobbes’s beliefs, that God is
When you hear the name Thomas Hobbes what comes to mind? Actor, teacher, or
Maybe, you’ve never heard the name before. How about a 17th century philosopher with
Founding work in political philosophy. He was born in 1588, in Wiltshire, England and
Became a highly gifted student who soon attended Oxford. Thomas Hobbes’s first
Published work was a translation of the Greek historian Thucydides completed in 1629.
He was then noted and still recognized to this day as the author of the greatest works of
Political philosophy. The “Leviathan” was published in 1651.
By now you may be asking yourself, what is the “Leviathan” and what’s so
Special about this book? The “Leviathan” is Thomas Hobbes’s …show more content…
Moving though the book further, we have the part “Leviathan” that is devoted to
Describing the citizen’s requirements to the state, or Leviathan, and its genuine form and
Tasks. In the opinion of Hobbes, the best form of government is a monarchy. Seeing that
Any other form of government sovereign is not powerful enough to protect the
Individuals from outside intruders, as well as themselves. An individual’s role to the
Sovereign is total, acting in any other way is solely destroying one’s self. The
Commonwealth is set up for the self-preservation of its individuals. Needless to say, one
Has the choice of departing from the commonwealth if one finds it too iron-fisted, but to
Depart from the commonwealth is to return to the state of conflict that distinguishes pre-
Social man. This is the worst possible result; man is always protecting himself.
In part Three of the “Leviathan”, Hobbes attempts to reason that there should be
No conflict between obeying both civil and divine laws. Hobbes’s beliefs, that God is