Comparing Hobbes And Tzu's Analysis

When a human being is born, they’re bound to be good in either their persona or nature. In this case, this philosophy found it to be incorrect occurring to a Chinese scholar Hsun Tzu, who was a philosopher in circa 300-230 BCE. He believed human beings were not born good but instead he believed they were born evil. Similarly, to what Tzu believed there was an England political philosopher in the 1600s and his name was Thomas Hobbes, and he believed human nature was malicious as well. Both Tzu and Hobbes though human nature was not good in their own ways and how it affect a human being. They had ways of explaining how it could be fix for the sake of humanity. Frist and foremost, Tzu believed that human nature was not born virtuous but, instead

Even though Tzu and Hobbes both think, human nature is bad; they both have different ways of clarifying it and way of improve it. Frist of all, Tzu believes on a way person can ease their way out of being evil is through guidance. He explains, “Therefore, the sage transforms his nature and initiates conscious activity; from this conscious activity he produce ritual principles, and when they have been produced he sets up rules and regulations” (87). Tzu means a person must find their inner self by performing several spiritual rituals and they must seek help from someone who has already found their balance in their nature. If a person is unable to find guidance in their life, they become a wild, chaotic, and irresponsible person (87). Therefore, a person must find their ritual principle in order to stay in control with their nature. On the other hand, when it came to Hobbes his solution was different from what Tzu believed. Hobbes thought there had to be laws in order to take control of the situation and to keep everything in order. Austin describes, Hobbes therefore opposed revolution in any form, not because he thought kings ruled by divine right but because he believed that authoritarian government was necessary to keep human beings’ worst impulse under control” (94). His solution was to use force and regulations by the government to keep everything under