Thomas Hobbes's The Once-Ler

The revolution generated radical changes in the principles, opinions, and sentiments of the global people. New ideas and issues affected political ideas. In addition a new government was also changed. A few of the many enlightenment thinkers were Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, baron Do Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Born during a period of medieval philosophy, Thomas Hobbes developed a new way of thinking. He perfected his moral and political theories in his controversial book Leviathan, written in 1651. In his introduction, Hobbes describes the state of nature as an organism analogous to a large person (p.42). He advises that people should look into themselves to see the nature of humanity. In his quote, “ The passions that incline men to peace, are fear of death; desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them,” Hobbes view of the motivations for moral behavior becomes valid because of his use of examples to support his theories, which in turn, apply to Pojman’s five purposes for morality.

Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588 in England. Hobbes survived through the English Revolutionary era, and his perspective of human nature built up negatively. He believed that all men were innately bad and evil. Hobbes stated, “... yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves” (Hobbes 1). This quote shows his thought, that all men are selfish and they always think they are better than anyone. Hobbes believed that humans didn't know how to cooperate because same desire would only cause them to be an enemy. Also, Hobbes said that it was the human who limits the development due to their constant war with each other.

You probably noticed changes in the environment as the Once-ler went about the business of making thneeds. You might, for example, remember that the Lorax complained about the “smoggy air” caused by the Once-ler’s factory. The smoggy air is an environmental problem. An environmental problem occurs when the condition of something or someone in the natural environment is threatened by a change. The air was clean and fresh before the Once-ler’s activities; but pollution made it dirty and smelly. That is, the

The story begins with the Once-ler, informing the reader of the local natural history of the now world and how it was once home to the Lorax. The Onceler discloses to us that the Lorax can speak for the trees because tress have no tongues. The Once-ler has greedily taken advantage of this natural habitat, which was once home to the Truffula Tress. The Once-ler cruelly destroyed all the Truffula Trees to merchandise “thneeds”. Pollution is evident through the deformation and pursuit of economic gain of the Once-ler. All the creatures who

One of today’s most famous philosopher, political scientist and historian was Thomas Hobbes, born in Westport, England on April 5th, 1588. Even though his name was well heard of, his childhood was almost completely unknown. Thomas Hobbes had an older brother, Edmund, and a younger sister whose name was unknown. Thomas Hobbes Sr., the father of the three children, got in a fight with the local church and was forced to abandon his kids and leave Westport. The three children were then left in the care of their father’s brother, Francis. Thomas Jr. started school at age four at Malmesbury School and later transferred to a private school kept by Robert Latimer. He attended Oxford University for college and began to study political philosophy.

For the most part, though a childrenʻs story, The Lorax is an environmentalist message targeted to urge young readers who are in time, going to determine our future, to learn from the tragic results of the Oncelerʻs actions. In the beginning of the story, the Onceler discovers the trufffula trees and begins to cut them down carelessly to make clothing, which in turn provided him money to use for his own selfish reasons. In reaction to the Oncelerʻs cruel actions, the Lorax confronts and warns the Onceler that if he continues to pollute the environment and cutting down the resources and homes of the species that live in it there will be consequences. Not caring about anything or anyone but himself, the Onceler continues to cut down the trees and use them for his own benefits, which continues to cause damage to the land and the species

The Lorax is a tale that shows the consequences of neglecting our environment. The tale shows a bright, colorful forest which has a variety of animals living within it. All the animals were thriving and happy until the Once-ler started chopping the trees down and polluting the environment. No matter what the Lorax said, the Once-ler and his family kept destroying the environment for their own greed. Eventually, the land gets so bad that the animals are forced to leave and find a new home. Once the Once-ler realizes the error of his ways, it is too late. The land was completely polluted, all the trees were chopped down, and the all the animals had moved elsewhere. Right near the story, the Once-ler tells a little boy, "Unless someone like you

Thomas Hobbes theorized that all men are inherently evil. This applies not only in society, but in 1984 by George Orwell and 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose aswell. In both texts, conflict constantly comes up to show the evil in man. The two texts contain a variety of Hobbes ideas that shows conflict, both containing the same implementation of Hobbes idea on equality between men, and causes of quarrel, but differing implementations of Hobbes ideas on time and

I do not entirely agree with Thomas Hobbes, while some people are born with an unexplainably cruel nature, not all humans are this way. I agree that all humans are born with a bit of cruelness, but we're also born with a sense of compassion. How we turn out as humans is also greatly affected by who and what we surround ourselves with. We have a choice: be nasty and cruel or choose compassion. To say our cruelness is out of our control is an excuse to be hateful and expect no consequences. I previously stated that some people are born with an unexplainable cruelness, but for as many people that are cruel, there are just as many with an unbelievably giving heart and an almost inhumane sense of compassion. Thomas Hobbes was correct when he stated

In Leviathan, Hobbes claims that justice arises in the creation of covenants (pg. 95 Ch. 15.2). To be just is to carry out those covenants and to be unjust is to break them. If this is the case, then what if two parties create a covenant that involves doing bad things to achieve good ends? How is that considered just? Or, perhaps, I should be asking if it is moral? In earlier chapters, Hobbes claims that an individual’s notions of good and evil are subjective. Anything that one deems pleasurable is considered good and anything deemed harmful is considered evil (pg. 35 Ch. 6.7). Thus, the “good” ends an individual acts toward may not even be good in a relative sense—not that we actually know what it means to be relatively good. At the end

In Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Hobbes explores aspects of reason and science and how definitions are a very important aspects to society. He makes some interesting points in regards to how reason can be interpreted differently between every person which can lead to deception. While also illustrating how having a certain elites has the power to make decision for the entirety can be ideal. I think some of Hobbes’s writings ideas would not fit into modern society with our divergent governments and societal structures. Not only this but I do not think that he anticipated how powerful a state could become with an all powerful “judge” that makes all decisions for the state like Hitler did in Germany.

In his work Leviathan, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes discusses the state of nature of the human being and how that affects the society we live in, which demands, in his opinion, the existence of an individual that will focus on the establishment of a sovereign authority. He uses the biblical figure of Leviathan, monstrous and cruel animal, who follows the ideology that the smaller and weaker cannot be swallowed by stronger. This figure represents the state, a giant whose flesh is the same from all who delegated him to take care and defend the society.

In Book I of chapter XIII, Of the Natural Condition of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery, Hobbes talks about the three principal causes of quarrel, competition, diffidence, and glory. The first, competition, is for gain. Hobbes describes it as,” The first use violence, to make themselves masters of other men 's persons, wives, children, and cattle…” (Hobbes Chapter 13). In other words, competition causes men to use violence to steal from one another, which leads to war. Diffidence is described as safety, and the final cause of fighting is glory, which is reputation. Hobbes says in the text, “the third, for trifles, as a word, a smile, a different opinion, and any other sign of undervalue, either direct in their persons or by reflection in their kindred, their friends, their nation, their profession, or their name” (Hobbes Chapter 13).

In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes paints a grim picture about man’s natural state. Famously characterized as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short (Hobbes 89),” man’s life is chaotic. The state of nature, Hobbes insists, is a “state of warre(Hobbes 88)” which pits men against men. Man naturally aims for felicity, defined as “continual success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desire, that is to say, continual prospering (Hobbes 46).” People think of their own interests and their pursuits of said interests may put them into conflict with another, in which violent war may emerge. Man, thus, lives in a state of constant fear.