Thomas Hobbes
Wrote Hobbes, Leviathan
Do people have the natural ability to be good? Hobbes -> no
- humans left to their own devices would be horrible; no innate goodness or morality
Hobbes wanted to bring order, and a king will bring more order than any democracy (Comparison w/ LockeMOC - Modern Philosophers
Modern Philosophers
%% Leaving the Middle Ages %%
"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World." - Columbus
[[Aristotle]]'s Paradigm is their background, what they are breaking free of
New Paradigm
[[Thirty Years War]] scared them; religion is not the answer
starting with the Renaissance, now the church is no longer the authority: science is the authority
Also, [[Aristotle]] & [[Plato]] are no longer the authority
philosophy's goal is to justify the new epistemo...)
- trade in freedoms for the security of natural society
- Hobbes was pretty universally despised
- He identified common symptoms that people recognized
- Do people have the natural ability to be good? Hobbes -> no
- Hobbes wanted to bring order, and a king will bring more order than any democracy