1.0 Introduction : The Background of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Thomas Hobbes was born in Westport which around the small town of Malmesbury in England on April 5th, 1588. He born prematurely because his mother was fear when she heard the news of the coming aggression of Spanish Armada which is a Spanish warships. His father, Thomas Sr. was the vicar of Charlton and Westport. He had a brother, Edmund and a sister. His father was forced to leave London because he involved in a fight with the local clergy outside his own church. Thomas was then bring up and educated by his uncle, Francis who has no family.
Thomas was educated from age four at Westport church and change to Malmesbury school. Then at the age of 14, he studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. …show more content…
In it, he argued that people were naturally wicked and could not be trusted to govern. Hobbes died in December 4th, 1679 at 91 years old.
2.0 The Main Elements of Hobbes’s Political Theory
Thomas Hobbes emphasizes several ideas that have become central to modern politics and modern political science. The elements of his political theory is more on ethics and political theory, which are based on the psychology he developed like the state of nature, social contract and sovereign. These ideas are most developed in the Leviathan (1651). He argues that human beings are free and there should have supreme power to maintain the peace on everyone. He also believed that the best form of government is monarchy.
State of Nature
State of nature is a term developed by 17th /18th Century political theorists such as Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) & John Locke (1632 –1704). It describes human motives and behavior before the formation of the government. The state of nature also known as the state of war. Hobbes claims that human beings are naturally equal and they all were free to do whatever they wanted. There were no laws to guide or enforce them. As a result, they always in a war with everyone and no one will produce anything as they scare their products will be taken from others. They were suffered from the fear and danger of violent death. The men at that time were solitary, brutish, egoistic, poor, and
Thomas Hobbes was born in Westport which around the small town of Malmesbury in England on April 5th, 1588. He born prematurely because his mother was fear when she heard the news of the coming aggression of Spanish Armada which is a Spanish warships. His father, Thomas Sr. was the vicar of Charlton and Westport. He had a brother, Edmund and a sister. His father was forced to leave London because he involved in a fight with the local clergy outside his own church. Thomas was then bring up and educated by his uncle, Francis who has no family.
Thomas was educated from age four at Westport church and change to Malmesbury school. Then at the age of 14, he studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. …show more content…
In it, he argued that people were naturally wicked and could not be trusted to govern. Hobbes died in December 4th, 1679 at 91 years old.
2.0 The Main Elements of Hobbes’s Political Theory
Thomas Hobbes emphasizes several ideas that have become central to modern politics and modern political science. The elements of his political theory is more on ethics and political theory, which are based on the psychology he developed like the state of nature, social contract and sovereign. These ideas are most developed in the Leviathan (1651). He argues that human beings are free and there should have supreme power to maintain the peace on everyone. He also believed that the best form of government is monarchy.
State of Nature
State of nature is a term developed by 17th /18th Century political theorists such as Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) & John Locke (1632 –1704). It describes human motives and behavior before the formation of the government. The state of nature also known as the state of war. Hobbes claims that human beings are naturally equal and they all were free to do whatever they wanted. There were no laws to guide or enforce them. As a result, they always in a war with everyone and no one will produce anything as they scare their products will be taken from others. They were suffered from the fear and danger of violent death. The men at that time were solitary, brutish, egoistic, poor, and