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To Hobbes, until the man possesses the natural right to everything, he cannot be secured no matter how strong or wise he can be, in order to keep on living according to man's life expectancy.... On the other hand, Thomas Hobbes and Thrasymachus share a nearly common insight whereby Hobbes proposes via “Leviathan” that man, by nature, is free the logic of which is based upon natural rights whereas Thrasymachus confers to defend the opposite side of justice and takes man's freedom to agree with matters that are only advantageous to men regardless of whether or not justice is at work....
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That the social systems that have hitherto been the source of power differences conferring nobility, often suspended by cross generational wealth, no longer serves as the necessary and sufficient condition towards a deterministic upward mobility in an equal society.... Thomas Hobbes in his succinct vision of equality within the context of natural law wrote that: "Nature hath made men so equal, in the faculties of body and mind; as that though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body, or of quicker mind than another; yet when all is reckoned together the difference between man and man is not so considerable, as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit, to which another may not pretend, as well as he!...
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Never before have had the benefits of mankind labour threatened their precise existence: also this era of nuclear disasters, arms race, and global warming (Turner, 1980).... Sordid is the demonstration of the worst aspects of mankind nature such as greed, immorality, and selfishness.... On the external, material goods bring pleasure and in many ways are a symbol of mankind progress; however, in truth, they feed the worst feature of humanity (Romanyshyn, 2001)....
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Name Instructor Course Date The Link between Democracy and Reason Human nature not only has the ability to reason but has the distinct characteristic of reasoning.... It is through this characteristic that human beings have been and are able to justify their actions or practices in as far as political spheres....
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Hobbes conceived the hypothetical notion Of the Natural Condition of Mankind from axiomatic proposition of human nature.... As more nations and states were created, however, more and more natural resources were divided amongst more and more states.... Therefore, wars begun as a pursuit of new markets, natural resources and wealth....
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Hobbes, in his essay “Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery,” holds some paternal notions concerning the liberty of individuals.... According to Hobbes, the natural state of man is an inclination toward violence, as this is the only way to wrest from another that which is desired but cannot be shared.... Therefore “during the time that men live without common power to keep them in awe they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war, as it is of every man, against every man” (Hobbes 12)....
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Hobbes conceived the hypothetical notion Of the Natural Condition of Mankind from axiomatic proposition of human nature.... The essence of human society will always be intricately connected to the nature of one of the most astonishing human sociological creations, the state.... In order to understand the correlation between state and war, one must define the term “state”....
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However, while critically assessing the different understanding, it is fundamental to start with the understanding of… The Renaissance understandings of humankind by Pico, centers on the concept of freedom, as the major factor that differentiates man from the rest of the creatures The aspects of sharp senses, power of reason, and high level of intelligence, as presented under the Oration On the Dignity of Man also seen as the manifesto to the Renaissance, as the aspects that put mankind in a unique category from the rest of the creatures, owing the fact that these characteristics of mankind serves as the bridge between the lower cadre of life which consists of God's creatures, and the higher cadre consisting of God and all that is in heaven (Mirandola, 1965 p3)....
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