because leviathan is an all powerful ruler who has supreme power over everyone. His power is that of a gods because his word is law and no one can challenge him, however he is only a mortal ruler. Leviathan is a fictional character not an actual god or person.
Hobbes spanned a number of Philosophical doctrines, all loosely based around his basic Empiricism. He was a materialist, in the scientific tradition of the time believing all that could be knowable, and therfore all that could be discussed, was a material object. This means that he is also a sensationalist - that ideas are only material things, and result from the actions of the external world on the senses. This means he rejects metaphysical ideas, and this arguably includes God.In terms of his political theories, Hobbes is one of the original Social Contract Theorists, positing that governance is justified through the agreement of men toward happiness, and away from an animalistic life Hobbes called 'The State Of Nature'. His ideal governance is Monarchical and highly regulated - a state we may now call totalitarian.
Hobbes referred to this concept as the "state of nature," a time when humans lived without a structured society or government, leading to a life that was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Hobbes believed that in this state, individuals were driven by a "war of all against all" due to the absence of a higher authority to maintain peace and order.
No, it is not illegal to call a pig Napoleon in France.
You can call someone who is wise and has good sense as a sage or a wise person.
You might call a man who swears at you rude or mean or even evil. You might also call him obnoxious or even dangerous.
At the time, he considered it his 'proper name' for the Commonwealth. Not the Commonwealth as we understand it today, but back in his time Commonwealth was a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good or in which all participants have equal standing.
Some call it the Mortal Kombat logo, others call it the Mortal Kombat dragon
Hobbes spanned a number of Philosophical doctrines, all loosely based around his basic Empiricism. He was a materialist, in the scientific tradition of the time believing all that could be knowable, and therfore all that could be discussed, was a material object. This means that he is also a sensationalist - that ideas are only material things, and result from the actions of the external world on the senses. This means he rejects metaphysical ideas, and this arguably includes God.In terms of his political theories, Hobbes is one of the original Social Contract Theorists, positing that governance is justified through the agreement of men toward happiness, and away from an animalistic life Hobbes called 'The State Of Nature'. His ideal governance is Monarchical and highly regulated - a state we may now call totalitarian.
Being mortal
a mortal wound
A demi-human
a mortal portal
poem paying call by Thomas Hardy poem paying call by Thomas Hardy
Those are call: demigods. ex. Hercules.
mortal sin
Doubting Thomas
Phantom