HOBES’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
HOBES’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Summary/Abstract: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher. He is known as the father of modern political philosophy. His work Leviathan represents the first theory of the modern state and is the most complete expression of Hobbes's philosophy. Hobbes builds his theory on the state "not starting from a historical point of support, but from the superiority of logic and analysis" (Stumpf, 2020, p. 223). So, he tries to find the cause of the creation of the civil society and through this to arrive at the explanation of the cause of the creation of the state. In this context, Hobbes described the natural state as "the war of all against all", while he understood the social contract as an agreement, through which people avoided primitivism (the monetary state) and entered the civilized society. Based to the analysis of Hobbes's views, this publication aims to elaborate the concept and definition of the state of nature, the exit from the state of nature and the social contract.

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