Hobbes’ Leviathan, Analysis of its Impact on the Framing of our Democracy

Although I did recently vote in my first election, I would nevertheless not consider myself to be very politically aware. I hardly even know the names of our representatives for North Carolina. Throughout this semester though, a spark, as to the political origins of our nation and what our forefathers dreamed of creating when first writing our constitution, began to grow inside of me. These are the reasons that I felt reading Hobbes’ Leviathan could help me gain some understanding and insight into these issues.

Hobbes’ Leviathan: Analysis of its Impact

Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, written against the backdrop of the horrors of the English Civil War, in the mid 1600’s, is a discussion about the principles of man’s basic need for peace, unity, and security, in both nature and civilization. Essentially arguing in favor of a sovereign monarchy, Hobbes writes in such a manner as to present these basic principles so they could apply to any political system, including that of a democracy. To achieve this, Hobbes presents several questions in this novel. What kind of being is man? What is the nature of man?

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Approximate Word count = 1745
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)