Monday, March 9, 2009

HW Due Tuesday, March 10

Read Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. Answer the following five questions (classwork) and then write a one page report that expresses Thomas Hobbes' ideas about science and self.

Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes

1. How has “nature made men roughly equal in body and mind”?

2. How does this equality contribute to our making enemies?

3. Should men be kept in a state of fear, according to the author’s opinion? What does this mean?

4. How do the ideas presented in this essay relate to the literature we have read/are reading?

5. Find statements that emphasize Hobbes’ idea that predatory passions drive both human nature and society.