Excellent article but a bit unfair to the great Thomas Hobbes. Pace Hofstadter, he never said that “men are selfish and contentious." He said that an improper political structure made them that way. He also never called for a good constitution to control them since he believed that popular sovereignty was inherently uncontrollable except by the people themselves.
Excellent article but a bit unfair to the great Thomas Hobbes. Pace Hofstadter, he never said that “men are selfish and contentious." He said that an improper political structure made them that way. He also never called for a good constitution to control them since he believed that popular sovereignty was inherently uncontrollable except by the people themselves.
Thanks for the correction, Dan!