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In Thomas Hobbs’s Leviathan, he asserts that to have order in a society there must be an absolute sovereignty to defend against war and conflicts and that within a society, there must be regulation to avoid internal conflict. Hobbs theorizes we must give up our individual rights to a greater governing authority and that doing so is essential to our survival. Indeed, his assertion is valid because human instinct tends to be self-interested; humans will do whatever it takes to survive, so an…

motion, as Hobbes describes it, is the motion the mind considers: not necessarily controls, but dependent on a precedent thought. These thoughts stem from imagination and are what Hobbes calls “endeavor” (314). Endeavor in favor of something he calls desire or love, against he calls aversion or hate, and neither he considers contempt or immobility. Man, according to Hobbes, is driven by their endeavors. This is an essential part of man for Hobbes, he compares its presence in man to that of fear…

Before coming to this country, first important things that I been taught about this country was July 4th 1776. July 4th was a heroic day for the America. When it come to July four you would see many people gather together and celebrate this memorial day. People would do firework and BBQ with their family and friend. It was the only day that you would see and heard a lot of fireworks all day and night. I had learned it was the day American gain their independent from the Great British. They had…

Reading the title of the book reveals one of the main characters, Jakob. The back of the book reveals more information about him. He is a Roma boy living in Austria during World War II. He is trying to run from the Nazi’s persecution of the Roma people within Europe. Colors seem to play an important part in the book as they are in the title and are described in the back of the book. This book is a fictional story written by Lindsay Hawdon. After writing this book, she traveled to seven different…

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote against having slavery in America. Madison, in The Federalist article 51, says that a civil society ends when a “stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker.” When the weaker are “not secured against…

Confederation, and the Federal Constitution, were presented by John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Thomas Paine. This 18th Century movement was considered a new way of thinking, but led to many changes in the way people perceived their government. The first document…

it would be disastrous and impossible without a government. The way, in which one envisions the society will have drastic consequences for how the state and function is perceived. Two prime examples we can look at today are Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes have major differences in their perception of the state of nature. Both seem to have major divides in regards…

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that happiness is the ultimate good that we strive to attain. He begins by reasoning that either we desire each good for the sake of another, that is, every good is but means to achieve another good, or that we desire at least one good for its own sake and for this good alone we desire others. He refutes the first claim of the premise by stating that, ‘if we choose everything for the sake of something else”, consequently, “the result will lead to a…

Thunderdome-esque fight to death were Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams. Alexander Hamilton was a self-made man. Born in the West Indies out of wedlock, Hamilton took it upon himself to learn about trade and eventually worked his way into the world’s elite. Hamilton’s view of America’s future was a one of a Northern-based, merchant centric empire ruled by the elite. This idea clashed heavily with that of Thomas Jefferson and…

King Henry VIII is one of the most famous kings of all time for many reasons. One of these reasons is his many controversial marriages that ended in either exile or execution. All of his wives were good-natured and well-rounded, but King Henry always found something negative about them as a reason to divorce or execute them. Anne Boleyn is well-known for being one of King Henry’s most scandalous wives for her behavior that later led to her death. When the King’s Chancellor died, Anne…