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The notion of a state of nature was an essential element of the social-contract theories of the English philosophers Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and John Locke (1632–1704) and the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78).
Feb 12, 2002 · Hobbes argues that the state of nature is a miserable state of war in which none of our important human ends are reliably realizable. Happily, human nature also provides resources to escape this miserable condition.
Thomas Hobbes. The pure state of nature, or "the natural condition of mankind", was described by the 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan and his earlier work De Cive.
Feb 1, 2024 · Hobbes' State of Nature. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes can lay claim to creating some of the most distinctive and memorable statements about the state of nature. For Hobbes, humans in the state of nature are concerned with one thing only, their self-preservation.
Jul 14, 2021 · Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). 1. The State of Nature. Hobbes imagines what life would be like in the “state of nature,” a hypothetical world without governments. Hobbes thinks all humans are equal when it comes to matters of survival. Nobody is powerful enough to be immune to attack.
Hobbes’s state of nature thus emerged as the condition that any rational individual would wish to avoid. His successive images of anarchy reveal a consistent strategy aimed at rendering the natural condition of mankind a credible encapsulation of the perils of disobedience.
Micanzio and Sarpi had argued that God willed human nature, and that human nature indicated the autonomy of the state in temporal affairs. When he returned to England in 1615, William Cavendish maintained correspondence with Micanzio and Sarpi, and Hobbes translated the latter's letters from Italian, which were circulated among the Duke's circle.
