Words From The Wise

[imp3ratrix]

Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.

~ Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan; Chapter 13

Comments

[imp3ratrix]

Leviathan is certainly a rewarding read, or maybe I think so because I'm a realist and agree with Hobbes' views on human nature. :P

Did you study it from a political or a philosophical perspective?

[imp3ratrix]

Oh, that's awesome. I originally read it for fun also, as my politics classes just glazed over social contract theory and not much else. Morgenthau was who we generally studied as far as realist politics go.

I know quite a lot of liberals reject his position that the sovereign must maintain total control and authority under the social contract, absent of any separation of powers, and that miscarriages of justice are to be expected and tolerated as the price paid for greater peace (though unilateral rebellion is allowed under conditions of extreme injustice). Not sure where you lie on the political spectrum though. XD

Engineering's awesome in itself; you should be proud! I wish I had more patience for math, so then I could better appreciate numbers and physics beyond mere theory.