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Hobbes on human nature and the necessity of manners

Hobbes on human nature and the necessity of manners Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 Reason deckring Peace to be good, it followes by the same reason, that all the necessary means to Peace be good also, and therefore that Modesty, Equity, Trust, Humanity, Mercy (which we have demonstrated be neces- sary to Peace) are good Manners, or habits, (that is) Vertues. The Law therefore, is the means to Peace, commands also Good Manners, or the practise of Vertue: And there- fore it is call'd Morall. Hobbes, De Cive omer's tale of the Cyclopes — those myth- H ical creatures who "know no rules, human or divine" (de Romilly 4) - holds a special fasci- nation for political philosophy. To live a com- peter Johnson pletely ruleless life is, the story suggests, to lack law, and, hence, justice. Polyphemus' isolation also means unsociableness, an ignorance of those HOBBES O N HUMAN qualities of hospitality and neighbourliness which go beyond a system of codified law. Hobbes in NATURE AN D THE his own translation of the Odyssey speaks of the Cyclopes as "men proud and lawless"; they pos- NECESSITY OF sess "no courts of counsel, nor of right," "nor do MANNERS they much for one another care" http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

Hobbes on human nature and the necessity of manners

Johnson, Peter
Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities , Volume 3 (1): 10 – Apr 1, 1998
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Hobbes on human nature and the necessity of manners

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Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 Reason deckring Peace to be good, it followes by the same reason, that all the necessary means to Peace be good also, and therefore that Modesty, Equity, Trust, Humanity, Mercy (which we have demonstrated be neces- sary to Peace) are good Manners, or habits, (that is) Vertues. The Law therefore, is the means to Peace, commands also Good Manners, or the practise of Vertue: And there- fore it is call'd Morall. Hobbes, De Cive...
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Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 Reason deckring Peace to be good, it followes by the same reason, that all the necessary means to Peace be good also, and therefore that Modesty, Equity, Trust, Humanity, Mercy (which we have demonstrated be neces- sary to Peace) are good Manners, or habits, (that is) Vertues. The Law therefore, is the means to Peace, commands also Good Manners, or the practise of Vertue: And there- fore it is call'd Morall. Hobbes, De Cive omer's tale of the Cyclopes — those myth- H ical creatures who "know no rules, human or divine" (de Romilly 4) - holds a special fasci- nation for political philosophy. To live a com- peter Johnson pletely ruleless life is, the story suggests, to lack law, and, hence, justice. Polyphemus' isolation also means unsociableness, an ignorance of those HOBBES O N HUMAN qualities of hospitality and neighbourliness which go beyond a system of codified law. Hobbes in NATURE AN D THE his own translation of the Odyssey speaks of the Cyclopes as "men proud and lawless"; they pos- NECESSITY OF sess "no courts of counsel, nor of right," "nor do MANNERS they much for one another care"

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