Leviathan Thomas Hobbes’ Discussion
Instructions
- Why does Hobbes compare government to the human body? What are its various parts? What are their functions?
- What does Hobbes mean when he says that “nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind…” ? What are the consequences of this equality?
- What are the 3 causes of quarrel?
- What does Hobbes mean when he says that a state of “nature” is a state of war?
- What is the one right that a person always possesses and never – indeed, can’t – give up?
- What are the advantages of a Commonwealth? What are the two types of Commonwealth?
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