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Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political philosophy / Philosophy ]

… Abstract Thomas Hobbes’ rejection of the social nature of man is the foundation of his philosophy on the origin of State, and provides a … behind the virtue of obedience. Concepts > Political philosophy People > Philosophy Keywords Civility Friendship Hobbes Sovereignty Violence War The refutation of natural sociability The majority of political treaties, from the age of … advanced capacity to live in society, with reason and its manifestation, language, substituting for brute force. Hobbes departed radically from this philosophical tradition in his interpretation of the civil wars that racked England, …

Laughter [ Communication ]

… kinds of laughter communicated contempt dated back to antiquity, but it was given momentum and prominence by Thomas Hobbes in  Leviathan  (1651). For Hobbes, laughter was triggered by ‘Sudden Glory’: it was the grimacing joy we experience on perceiving ourselves as superior to the object of our laughter – the product of a gratified selfish ego. 10  Hobbes’s account was much debated and disputed by later thinkers – not least Shaftesbury and Hutcheson – but laughter …