/lit/ - Literature

>>20176973
I don't know why but I find this beautiful and it speaks to me.

Thoughts on Leviathan? Is it worth reading past Of Commonwealth?

unfathomably based. where do I go after this w/r/t Hobbes and then afterwards?

What's your excuse for not being a Hobbesian?

If I am interested in political philosophy is there a good reason to read Leviathan in current year?
I know it is the genesis of pretty much all subsequent non-Marxist political philosophy but aren’t most of the ideas dismissed in later works on the same subject?
Would it make more sense to read Locke?

Is this book actually worth reading? I am quite interested in hobbes' ideas, but will I miss out onmuch if I just listen/read about this instead of reading it?

Did anyone else come to the realization that monarchy is the only practical form of government after reading Leviathan?
I don’t see any way to refute this book.

Is social contract still valid concept in 21st century? It seems that governments work fundamentally against interest of their citizens. I didnt consent to being ruled by bunch of low t bugmen and women, so technically I am free to do as I wish and disregard all laws, right?

My 5 favorite books are:
>the prince by Machiavelli
>Leviathan by hobbes
>Crito by plato (and the republic)
>De Regno by Aquinas
>Reflections on the Revolutions in France by Burke
What books would you recommend me?

This is the most kino book I have ever read. The title and frontispiece is just so kino. It reminds me of the English civil war

This book invented liberalism

Every political thinker has been retroactively refuted by Hobbes

Is fear really compatible with/the foundation of liberty? Is rapture-kun’s reading of Hobbes accurate?
https://youtu.be/9R3EQwdXFfI

I'm looking for some good bootlickercore.

Are there any contemporary political scientists or philosophers who adapt Hobbes views of government for the current era?
I find Hobbes views fascinating, especially his ideas about the state of nature and monarchy. I can see how modern scholarship would take issue with his views though, so I’m interested in seeing if there’s anyone that has tried to make a Hobbesian position tenable, or at least a position that’s Hobbes inspired

>implying anything can top this absolute SOVL

Yes, yes well played Rousseau, well played.

However.

Non meme answer coming through.

Well? Is Hobbes based?

>>16987561
Stops other people from committing crimes. I realize this is a practical rather than a philosophical reason, but it's the real one.

>>16859735
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Beyond the Republic and Aristotle's politics, is there anything absolutely necessary to have read before Leviathan?

Post actual blackpill books