英语国家社会与文化 课件 Thomas Hobbes.pptVIP

* English political philosopher and is best known for his treatise Leviathan. Written during the mid-17th century amidst the tumult of the English evolution, Leviathan outlines Hobbes’s theory of sovereignty (political authority). Thomas Hobbes 1588.4.5~1679.12.4） List of the rights of sovereigns by Hobbes: subjects owe him sole loyalty subjects cannot be freed from their obligation dissenters must consent with the majority in declaring a sovereign sovereign cannot be unjust or injure to peace the sovereign cannot be put to death the right to sensor doctrines repugnant to peace legis