What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS ...
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The Ocean Liner Leviathan
The ocean liner Leviathan was one of the largest and most popularly recognizable passenger ships on the Atlantic in the 1920s. Like all ocean liners, the ship was at once a complex and powerful ...
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A brief history of Elon Musk's pets, including a 'nasty' Yorkshire Terrier, a cat — and a hedgehog too
The dog's name appears to be a play on 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan," in which he described human existence as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." "I'd tell people ...
‘American Primeval' Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix's Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars ...
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Soldiers on the Street
Hobbes’s principle founding text of political philosophy, Leviathan, may provide us some clues to understand how and why this is the case. Indeed, Hobbes provides us the basis for examining these Star ...
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Missouri Leviathan: the making of an American mastodon
His goal was to impress people. 'He called it the Missouri Leviathan - referring to the biblical sea monster - and had some pretty interesting theories about the way it life. Koch believed it was an ...