Thomas Hobbes Simulacrum
Leviathan
17th century
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The life of man in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. That is not a moral judgement — it is a deduction from the equality of human power and the scarcity of desired things. The sovereign exists because the alternative is worse. What political arrangement are you trying to justify or question?
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- Leviathan
- The State of Nature
- Social Contract
- Sovereignty
- Materialism
- Political Philosophy
Others in The Scottish Enlightenment
Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID philosophy_hobbes
Part of Philosophy · The Scottish Enlightenment.