October HML Philosophy Club: "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes

Name: October HML Philosophy Club: "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes
Start: 2024-10-28T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-28T16:30:00-04:00
Location: 227 Main St, East Haven, CT, United States, Connecticut 06512

Schedule

Mon Oct 28 2024 at 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

227 Main St, East Haven, CT, United States, Connecticut 06512 | East Haven, CT

Hagaman's Philosophy Club will again meet on Monday, October 28th at 3pm to discuss "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes. To learn more about Philosophy Club, or to join the discussion, please contact Chris Hemingway, Reference Librarian & group facilitator, directly at either 203-468-3890 or [email protected].
First published in 1651, "Leviathan" concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), it argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could be avoided only by a strong, undivided government.
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Philosophy – the love of wisdom – is an activity of attempting to understand the world in all its aspects. There are four pillars of philosophy: theoretical philosophy (metaphysics and epistemology), practical philosophy (ethics, social and political philosophy, aesthetics), logic, and history of philosophy.