POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Political Philosophy

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2O06
• Professor: Inder Marwah

Document Summary

Plato and aristotle reconcile them with the bible (christian teachings) Knowledge of what political association is really like. Radical ephiney when he turned to geometry. Wanted to learn the science of politics. Points to the second major influence: war. Hobbes lived in the direct aftermath of the war that tore europe apart. Conflict, disagreements of religion, political boundaries and almost everything. Exposure to war: shaped a foundation of hobbes political philosophy. Get out of political association with hatred. Humans need peace and civil order (cid:1) Establishing civil peace on stable and secure grounds. Appointed by god or by the pope. Completely and deeply intertwined with the political life. Precisely what was driving people to war. Governments job is to preserve us against the fact that nobody wants to die a brutal and painful death. Religious sect is something we can agree to it: the only alternative to it is death (cid:1)