European Enlightenment: Difference between revisions
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** he was disturbed by the violence and disorder of the English Civil War | ** he was disturbed by the violence and disorder of the English Civil War | ||
* core ideas: | * core ideas: | ||
** the original state of man is no rules, one person against all others | |||
** therefore, government is needed to bring order, safety and happiness to the people | |||
** humans have rights | ** humans have rights | ||
** however, those rights can only exist under the protection | ** however, those rights can only exist under the protection of a powerful central government | ||
works: | ** that central government, however, must have the consent of the governed | ||
legacy: | *** thus Hobbes denied "divine rule" | ||
*** = rule by decree from God (birth) v. rule by consent (agreement) of the governed | |||
* works: | |||
** Hobbes taught mathematics | |||
** ''Leviathan'' is his singular work | |||
* legacy: | |||
** Hobbes questioned religious explanations, instead sought reason and logic to understand the world | |||
** Hobbes's "social contract" established a "reason" and not just an assumed reason for a particular form of government | |||
** while Hobbes argued for a strong central power, he did not argue for an absolute central power free of accountability | |||
=== Robert Hooke === | === Robert Hooke === | ||