What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS ...
The LA fires are proof the social contract between citizen and state is broken
The Los Angeles fires have put the state’s breach of the basic social contract on full, horrific display. The citizens upheld ...
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Stephen Fernane: Healy-Rae U-turn on carbon tax proves power erases all redline issues
When paraphrasing the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes that one must always surrender their desires when suing ...
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Travis D. Smith, PhD
He is also interested in the relationship between storytelling and education. His publications include examinations of the ideas of Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, and Alexis de Tocqueville. "that which ...