TRN171Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Contract, Transferrin
24 Jan 2017
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Begins with the assumption that all men are equal despite difference in physical strength the weakest has the strength to kill the strongest by secret machination. Hobbes assumes that men are equal when they practice prudence as they are all exposed to experiences and thus equally apply prudence. Hobbes also addresses the fact that all men think they have greater wisdom this being the. Hobbes states that the natural temperament of a man results in his way to his ending. Hobbes assumes that all men were born equal and our temperament and experience allows us to consider men equal. The writer invokes a state of nature to emphasize that men are shaped by their surroundings, but they are born into the same state of nature = same environment. The use of violence to appear dominant over the rest of the society. Do not accuse the nature of man, passions and desires.
