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Leviathan
This episode explores Thomas Hobbes' chilling vision of human nature without restraint, revealing the fundamental bargain we strike to escape chaos and build society.
“This episode explores Thomas Hobbes' chilling vision of human nature without restraint, revealing the fundamental bargain we strike to escape chaos and build society.”
— Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Political Philosophy, Social Contract, Human Nature
If you've ever wondered why societies, despite their flaws, persist, or felt the quiet tension between personal liberty and collective security, this will clarify the deep human bargain at play, and this will help you see what to do next.
Thomas Hobbes, writing amidst the chaos of the English Civil War, offered a stark, unflinching account of human nature and the necessary, often uncomfortable, foundations of political order.