Thomas Hobbes Flashcards
When was Hobbes born
5th of April, 1588.
His father was a what
His father was an illiterate and intemperate man.
What happened to his father
He was ex-communicated when he failed to perform religious duties expected of him. He was also said to have slapped one of his fellow vicar.
What happened before Hobbes was born
there was a prophecy that the world would come to an end in 70 years’ time which according to the calculation was 1588, the year Hobbes was born. In 1588, when Hobbes was born, Spain was at war with England and the war was hard on England. Therefore, there was double fear for Alice: The first fear was the fear the world coming to an end; and the other was the defeat of England by Spain. These fears forced Alice to go into a forced-labor
Thomas Hobbes studied at the university of?.
Oxford
He studied Logic and Philosophy and later Science under?
GamaIiel Galileo.
Thomas Hobbes came into political limelight in? when he wrote that no man has the right to?
1628
disobey the monarch.
In the Hobbesian state of nature, there was?
no government, no positive law, no police, and no court of law and there is no judge.
In this state of nature, Hobbes described Human nature saying, man is?
egoist and wicked.
Principal causes of quarrel
First, competition; Secondly, Diffidence; Thirdly, Glory. The first makes men invade for gain; the second, for safety; and the third for Reputation.
For Hobbes, life of man in the state of nature is a life of struggle. Man struggles for?
power and glory. As man struggles for power and glory, there is no limitation to his desire and there is no means that he cannot use to get what he wants. But, in the state of nature, resources are scarce and because resources are scarce there was violent struggle.
He said
And therefore if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies and in the way to their end… endeavor to destroy, or subdue one another. And hence it came to pass that where an invader has no one to fear than another man’s single power if one plant, sow, build or possess a convenient seat, others may probably be expected to come, prepared with forces united to dispossess and deprive him, not only of the fruit of his labour, but also of his life or liberty. And the invader again is in the like danger of another
what permeates the state of nature is continual?
fear and violent danger.
the state of nature invariable degenerates into the?
state of war of all against all.
Laws of nature
The first law of nature is the one that talks about the preservation of one’s life. One must not allow himself to be killed and one must not kill one-self. Not only that, man must always do what will preserve his life. That is he must eat to live, and if he is sick, he must not refuse to take a good care of himself. The elongation of this law demands that man must always seek peace.
• The third law is the one that says that everyone must stick to the promise he has
