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This 6 page paper provides an overview of Hobbes' use of the fool in his work Leviathan. This paper defines some of Hobbes' central beliefs as they are refuted by the fool and suggests that the fool gives Hobbes the basis for his argument that wise men would support his views while the ignorant would support the views of the fool. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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food with the actions of wise men. The fool, then, becomes the impetus for support of Hobbes defense of certain actions; man would not want to be called a
food and a fool is the person who does not subscribe to Hobbes views of social action. The basis for Hobbes views of the fool, then, relate to the
basic themes of Leviathan as a whole. Hobbes presented a number of perspectives on human nature and the necessity for a political machine that were deeply rooted in his
Puritan beliefs and in the recognition of the laws of nature relative to Gods laws. It was Hobbes contention that the laws of nature inevitably lead man to sovereign
obedience because of the impact of God on the choices of man. Hobbes recognized that even within a religiously developed format, man is clearly brought together in the realm
of social competition. The fool, then, stands as a point of comparison from which social competition can be realized. Hobbes
argument is based in his belief that man as a political animal designs the constructs of society, both civil and political, as a means of supporting his own interests.
Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear of death and of violence and
the natural vulnerability of singularity is denied through the progression of governmental development. By handing over control through a social contract, man allows a greater authority to enforce the
laws and provide the elements that support social order. Wise men can see the need for the constructs of a social order, while the fool argues against its necessity
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