Hobbes' View of the Natural Condition of Mankind

View of human nature of Hobbes Hobbes' opinion on the state of nature of human beings is a survival of the fittest and includes various "forces" that human beings can use. Hobbes classified the two basic types of power. The power of nature and the power of musical instruments The former is created from the power of the mind, from the body, from the ladder, using the power of nature, or through riches, "the work of wealth, fame, friends, and the secret work of God" It is like. The man called for good luck. "

British philosopher Thomas Hobbes of the 17th century explained the state of pure nature, or Leviathan's "state of nature in mankind" and its early "citizen". Hobbes believes that everyone is born with physical and mental abilities (that is, there is no natural inequality large enough that everyone can "propose" the only "interest"). Because of this equality and other human nature, everyone wants to fight each other naturally. In other words, "Because people live without common power, everyone has awe, let everyone give the same warning to everyone." In this state, everyone Life has "loneliness, poorness, hatred, barbarism, and short-lived" (Leviathan, chapters 13 to 14), which have natural rights or freedom to do what they need to defend their lives

According to Hobbes, the human natural or natural state is inherently violent and aggressive and full of fear. Before the government dominated society, he used his assumption image of human beliefs to explain his beliefs, namely, constant war, aggression, fear and death. He suggested that because of limited resources, if the two wanted the same thing, a power struggle happened and inevitably war broke out. If humans live in this natural state, then all the lives will be "... loneliness, poor, hatred, savage, short lives" (Hobbes, p.