DVM2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: De Cive, Preemptive War, Sea Monster
17 Jan 2018
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Have authored 50 books: elements of law, moral, and politics, 1640, de cive, 1647, leviathan, 1651. Can be said that the modern politics started with thomas hobbes" ideas. He"s known as the father of both realism and liberalism. He was interested in the scienti c analysis of the state of nature to open a new horizon for the scienti c understanding of politics. He presented a mechanical understanding for the social life. Philosopher of the natural law : philosophizing of life that in nature there is a kind of law that can be explored by human beings for guidelines for real life. Preemptive war used by americans has roots with thomas hobbes. He looks at the factual world, the physical and observable world. Attention to the real problems of his time: dispute between the church and the state. Whether the power should be controlled by the church or secular people: quarrel between the king and the parliament.
