Thomas Hobbes

The Stunning Triumph of Thomas Hobbes in the COVID Crisis

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People used to face challenges and risks to obtain higher goals in life. They understood that there were goods higher than material success and even life itself. Such goals included great deeds, artistic expressions and personal sanctity. Such accomplishments brought honor, glory and salvation upon those who made great efforts. The present COVID crisis highlights … Read more

How Hobbes Separated Government From Virtue

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Return to Order How Hobbes Separated Government From Virtue

According to the ideology of absolute personal liberty, government exists to foster liberty and to mediate the inevitable conflicts that arise in the exercise of that liberty. The general rule that governs the use of liberty is pretty much “do what you want so long as you don’t hurt anyone.” This ideology of absolute personal … Read more