POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Leviathan, Sea Monster, Political Philosophy
13 Dec 2013
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Old testament- old sea monster named the leviathan. There"s no greater power on earth that can be compared . There are things below you need to enforce obedience: the state has full power of religion as well. Hobbes was a powerful critic of ancient traditions of politics. Helped laid the foundation of modern democratic theory. His view wil be incompatible to liberal democratic thought. Said that civil peace cannot be achieved without a self perpetuating sovereign power: means the authority can choose their successor. The division of parts 1&2 and 3&4 - what we can know by natural reason or faith. What is he most important thing man creates: the great leviathan- by the commonwealth; an artificial man. Men are understood to be naturally and politically free by nature from the political authority of others because the state is mad made. Consent is the origin of all obligation including the obligation to obey the state.
