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A 6 page paper that provides an overview of Hobbes metaphysical considerations as they relate to both politics and religion and considers these elements in terms of Hobbes' Leviathan. No additional sources cited.
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political actions. Hobbes first considers the reality of mans nature, then his nature within the constructs of society, and finally considers mans role and the natural course of
interactions that are assisted through the recognition of religion. Hobbes begins his discourse on mans role by describing what he considers to be the essence of mans nature.
Hobbes writes: "Nature hath made men so equall, in the faculties of the body, and mind; as that though there bee found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in
body, or of quicker mind then another; yet when all is reckoned together, the difference between man, and man, is not so considerable..." (Hobbes 183). Hobbes suggests that there
is no greater value to either physical strength of mental cunning, but that instead, these elements underscore mans propensity towards conflict. Man generally recognizes simply hopes in attaining
similar ends, and by nature, conflict arises from the equality of ability correlated to the perception of the same desires (Hobbes 184). By the nature of mans interactions with
man, it is clear that the elements that lead to war, or conflict, are demonstrated when man has no restrictions on his actions, and simply pursues his desires at the
same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural competition. Hobbes recognized the importance of mans
role within a government or social structure, because of the fact that men who "live without a common Power to keep them all in awe" are generally living in a
state of war, or of conflict of man against his fellow man (Hobbes 185). Hobbes picture of mans interaction and mans nature in a world of other men is
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