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Thomas Hobbes Human Nature

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Thomas Hobbes was an English man who lived from 1588 to 1679. He worked as a tutor for the children of wealthy families and started writing during his free time. While he was writing, he challenged a lot of England’s political structure, especially the King’s role in the political state. The monarchs believed in the Divine Right, which is the belief that their power comes from God, but in Hobbes’ theory, the power comes from the people, which is called the social contract. The social contract is the theory in which the political power in a community comes from the consent of the people and an agreement is established between the ruler(s) and the people that they rule over.
Hobbes’ beliefs brought anger to the king, leading to Hobbes leaving …show more content…

The state of nature basically states that we would attack those that we feel are a threat to us before they attack us, but why would anyone keep focusing on that instead of going out and providing for themselves? Since we do, after all, want to survive. Hobbes’ idea of proof that human nature is evil is that people in a civil society lock their doors fearing that they will be robbed or attacked, but that does not necessarily mean that all humans are bad, and untrustworthy, only a few.
A good example would be tribes or areas where there is no government as the one described by Hobbes. We are able to see that even in these so-called “uncivilized” societies, they protect each other and help provide for one another and are able to live in peace with one another. Although these tribes can be considered small groups, and in no comparison to the size of a large government, it still serves as evidence that the state of nature is not purely rotten and that just like everywhere else, there are only a few people that might be a representation of what Hobbes thinks about human

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