Blog Posts on thomas hobbes

[Event] July 18 State of Nature Assessment – Green Convergence by on Jun 27, 2011Attention everyone! WHAT: State of Nature Assessment WHEN: July 18, 2011 WHERE: at the Environmental Studies Institute (ESI), Miriam College WHO: sponsored by Green Convergence For details please wait for further announcement or contact Green Converg...

Conclusion by The Stranger on Sep 23, 2009In the previous post, the researcher talks about virtue. Comparing the definition of virtue by Ayn Rand and Aristotle, the latter is better that the former for the following reason. Ayn Rand’s view on what is virtue is vague. She no more than state...

What is selfishness for Thomas Hobbes? by The Stranger on Aug 26, 2009Thomas Hobbes does not use the term selfishness in his philosophy but the implication tells so. Human nature for him is selfish. “ Nature hath made men so equal, in the faculties of the body, and mind; as that though there bee found one man sometim...

Selfishness by The Stranger on Aug 20, 2009Selfishness for Ayn Rand is a virtue and for Thomas Hobbes a nature of man. I will just make another post in discussing their views but for the meantime I will write something about my experiences regarding this issue-since the starting point of phil...