Thoughts on Thomas Hobbes By Eugene Sheely It could be said that Hobbes believed Anarchy to be evil since humans attack each other without quarter. Man exists in a state of perpetual self-interest at the expense of everyone else. Therefore, in order to achieve peace you will give up your rights to a sovereign (social […]
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Thoughts on Kant
Thoughts on Kant By Eugene Sheely “…in his contemptuous catalogue of the useless dreamers and impostors of the world he [Napoleon Bonaparte] placed with confidence the name of Kant.” Napoleon, by H.A.L Fisher If we were to summarize Kant’s work at the risk of oversimplifying it we could say that overall Kant searched for universal […]
Thoughts on Aristotles Virtues
My interpretation of Aristotle’s virtue based on my readings and lectures it that since there seems to be a happy mean in achieving good performance, the performance of virtue must also be a happy medium (the myth of Icarus comes to mind, fly to low and you’ll fall, fly too high and your wings will […]