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In the citation from Leviathan, Hobbes is describing the law of nature which in essence is a general rule that is discovered through reason. Furthermore, such a law asserts human self-preservation and censures acts destructive to human life. As opposed to, a civil law, which must be written down and issued in order to be known. A law of nature is inherently known by all because it can be deduced by innate mental capabilities (such as reason and philosophy). Hobbes illustrated the terrors within…

acquaintance named Max Gerlach. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The story took place during America’s Roaring 20s in Long Island. The novel was first made into a movie in 1926, only a year after being published. The treatise is about a World War 1 veteran, Nick…

make his point hit close to home he used imagery and alliteration as well as rhythm and frequent repetition. Martin Luther King Jr’s speech was well researched to allude on what he wants to address. Biblical language was used along with political treatise about the bible, Gettysburg Address and the US Declaration of Independence that establish not only his credibility but also relate to everyone in the audience. The speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr through reading manuscript and…

king, the English Civil war, and the aftermath of the 30 years war. Trying to see the world through their eyes would be somewhat impossible, but their works give us glimpses to beginning to see their perspective. Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes) and Two Treatises of Government (John Locke) is works that give models of a competent government. Locke and Hobbes brought forth the concept of the state of nature and the social contract. Both differ on what the state of nature is but both agree that people…

The protagonist the Queen is a powerful personality who has individual concept of life. The Queen becomes the most admirable character in the play because of her logical argument and her equalitarian approach. She is ‘imaginative’ and ‘sensitive’, firm in her faith and commitment, but she is a conscious woman of her place in the royal family and as a queen in the society. The dramatist has evolved her character from her childhood days to the present state of act. She is courageous, persuasive…

enforce the tariff measures by passing the Force Bill. The government was all hands on board to resolve this nullification crisis by silencing South Carolina. Secretly, under the table, Calhoun and Clay “had been working against the tariff drafting treatises railing against it and its effects on the South .” Even the government was trying its best to not let the volcano, Andrew Jackson, erupt and just shut the South Carolinians up. This act to help the state out of deep economic trouble shows…

b.3. Efficacy and Self-Determination Having discussed the function of consciousness in every activity of man, the point of discussion now will be the relation between the action and the personal subjectivity of the person. In the previous chapter, specifically on the presentation of Scheler’s notion of person, Wojtyła is much influenced by Scheler’s thought. However, he is critical when it comes to absolutizing of consciousness and emotion that would obstruct one’s understanding of person. Here,…

to the people in society with the help of philosophers. John Locke was one of the many philosopher of The Enlightenment who believed in natural rights and equality of man, although relate to class or position. Locke states in his writing Second Treatise on Civil Government, “(W)e must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose [manage] of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the…

Although a decade falls between chapter IX of John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government and both The Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, similar underlying themes and influences, such as Enlightenment, can be found within all three documents. Additionally, it can be said that these works all act as social contracts which convey that irrefutable efforts were made to reason with the King of England, but all attempts to reconcile were dismissed by the English monarchy.…

In response to exposure to Native peoples and their customs, many Europeans expressed confusion and fear of new and unfamiliar New World practices. Certain aspects of indigenous culture, such as nudity, bathing, polytheism, and cannibalism cast negative impressions upon the Europeans and the settlers began to doubt the humanity of the Amerindians. Spaniards questioned the state of the Natives ' souls and if they were capable of accepting Christianity and assimilating to Western civilization. In…