Hobbes the optimist
By: Gray, John.
Publisher: Singapore : Time Magazine Singapore, December 4, 2023Description: Time Magazine Singapore, vol. 202, nos. 19-20, pp. 27-28.Subject(s): Hobbest, Thomas, 1588-1679–Philosophy | Social contractSummary: When Thomas Hobbes described life in a state of nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short,” he penned one of the most celebrated sentences in the English language. The 17th century philosopher assertd that without a “common power to keep them all in awe,” human beings fall into a state of nature—a condition of anarchical warfare ad lawless predation.| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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When Thomas Hobbes described life in a state of nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short,” he penned one of the most celebrated sentences in the English language. The 17th century philosopher assertd that without a “common power to keep them all in awe,” human beings fall into a state of nature—a condition of anarchical warfare ad lawless predation.
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