Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political & Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]
… 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, giving his own analysis of human nature, and … fear. Hobbes does agree that passion was the foundation of political bodies, but only by replacing philia with fear, the traditional tool of despotic governments. If language finally makes the social contract possible, it is because ratio is …
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