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All the World Masterpieces (34)
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1、 Hobbes' classic excerpt from his philosophical work Leviathan: Starting from this equality of abilities, there arises an equality of hope to achieve the goal. Therefore, if any two people want to obtain the same thing but cannot enjoy it at the same time, they will become enemies to each other. Their main purpose is self-protection, sometimes just for their own joy; In the process of achieving this goal, both strive to destroy or conquer each other.
2、 Leviathan "is the first classic work in modern Western history that systematically expounds the theory of the state, and has epoch-making significance in the history of Western political thought.
3、 The theories of human nature, natural law, social contract, and state theory expounded in Leviathan not only had an important and profound impact on the establishment of political rule by the British bourgeoisie at that time, but also on the development of Western modern bourgeois political thought.
4、 Some of the ideas proposed in the work Leviathan, such as those about the purpose of the state and individual freedom, still have practical significance today and are worthy of our research and reference.
5、 Moliere's' The Hypocrite 'attacked the scholastic philosophy of the time, criticized the unscrupulous behavior of wealthy merchants, and criticized the harmful effects of Catholicism. Therefore, the play was banned for 5 years before being allowed to be watched.
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