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he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...

same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...

that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...

body defines justice that makes it so. Therefore, as Plato points out, rulers must be able to distinguish between justice or inju...

In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...

In his political discourse, The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli believed that political prowess that leads inherently to victory is ine...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophical views of Hobbes and Plato regarding the state and democracy as re...

Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...

upon human sense organs. The sights, smells, touches, and sounds of pleasurable things gives rise to appetite. Appetite gives rise...

In seven pages this paper examines how Thomas Hobbes' writings were influenced by Francis Bacon....

In ten pages this research paper discusses the philosophical arguments of Jean Paul Sartre, William James, Michel de Montaigne, Th...

This paper examines Hobbes' work, Leviathan, as well as Machiavelli's, The Prince as they relate to the beginnings of political th...

a familiar kind of Socratic dialogue about justice, just as the Euthyphro is about piety and the Meno is about virtue. The Republi...

This paper compares and contrasts Machiavelli's The Prince and Plato's Republic. This eight page paper has seven sources listed in...

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

In five pages a comparison and contrast of how these philosophers perceived political leadership are made by noting the difference...

In six pages this research paper examines the religious and scientific perspectives offered by John Milton's Paradise Lost and Tho...

In five pages this paper discusses the authoritarian stance regarding absolute government authority advocated by Thomas Hobbes in ...

In eight pages classical and modern philosophers are consulted regarding their thoughts on the postmodern world in order to determ...

In seven pages the views of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas Hobbes are compared and contrasted in a consideration of whether or ...

In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...

This 5 page paper argues that Thomas Hobbes' classic work Leviathan and its negative view of what he called the state of nature is...

In twelve pages this paper examines man's nature in a contrast and comparison of Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke...

it becomes abundantly clear that "liberalism" of their day and their perception was significantly different from the ways in which...

In five pages this paper examines how the principles outlined in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan define what should be regarded as true l...

he is good and honest, the covenant will be kept. If not, then it is more likely than not that it will be broken. Hobbes (1651) ...

Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear...