How Did Thomas Hobbes Influence The Enlightenment

Thomas Hobbes was a philosopher during The Enlightenment whose philosophy laid the foundation for the democratic theory. The Enlightenment was a period of time from the 1620’s to the 1780’s that provided an emphasis on individualism rather than the traditional path of authority. The Enlightenment came about during the Scientific Revolution. It was the Scientific Revolution that began to change the way people and scientist looked at the physical world around them. Scientist began to question the traditional scientific beliefs, similarly to the way the philosophers began to challenge the traditional social and governmental beliefs. Hobbes himself, believed more in absolutism, the belief that the power should be given to one person.

Thomas Hobbes was most famous for having the belief that all men were created evil because he thought that all men should have one ruler. He believes that human beings pursue their own self-interest relentlessly, and he thought all men lived in anarchy. Hobbes political philosophy could be spread using technology through various apps that have been created or will be created.

Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5, 1588 in Westport, Wiltshire.

It was from an early age that he began studying with his uncle at local schools. In 1603, Hobbes went on to attend Magdalen Hall in Oxford until 1608. Once Hobbes left Oxford he began to tutor a pupil within a prominent English family that through this family, he began to create a name for himself in several scholarly fields. He wrote a treatise that would later become a leading article on political philosophies, and he began to show interest in the mathematical and science fields eventually, becoming a pioneer in optics. He also became a leading interpreter of the laws during the Enlightenment period. Hobbes influence within the Enlightenment would make him a prominent influence of the era. Hobbes belief that all men were created evil, although, he thought that people should have one ruler that had all the power. Hobbes prefered a monarchy because he thought that it was the best form of government and was the only government that could guarantee peace. Hobbes believed that all men were born evil and lived in anarchy. He thought if you put men in a state of nature, without a government, that humans would be in a state of constant warfare with one another. Hobbes wrote a book about his thoughts on the structure of society and legitimate government. His book was regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. Overall, the belief that all men were born evil was a belief that Hobbes lived

by.

Philosophy Spotlight would be a possible app that Hobbes would use today because, it would help him spread his opinions and ideas on political philosophy faster. He would like the conference tweets feature which would allow him to discuss his ideas. This would make it much quicker for his ideas to be heard and spread. Hobbes would like the feature where he could look at other famous philosophers post and he could use this to branch off of other philosophers ideas in a quest to come up with is own new ideas. The last feature Hobbes could use, would be where he could see the books that other philosophers have published and he could read them in order to create ideas for his own books. Overall, this app would help Hobbes in many ways and help him get his ideas heard.

Publish in My Pocket is a possible app that could be created that would benefit Hobbes. Hobbes would enjoy the app because it would help him publish his books faster. This would help him because the quicker he gets his books published the quicker his ideas would spread and be heard. Published Peers is a feature within the Publish in My Pocket app, that would allow Hobbes to get the latest published material on all of his fellow philosophers. This would allow Hobbes to look at other scholars or philosophers publications and expand them into a larger idea of his own. A final feature that Hobbes would find beneficial is the spelling and punctuation check. This would help Hobbes to make sure that there would be no errors in his books and literature so that his work would be the best it could be.
If Thomas Hobbes was alive today, in the age of technology, he would have access to both apps that would really help him get his ideas heard and published quicker than it would of back in the Enlightenment Age. Hobbes was most famous for his belief and thoughts on how humans would react with each other in a state that had no government with a ruler and always lived in anarchy. Hobbes philosophies influence our government and society even today. Had he been alive in our day of technology, than his influence may of been even greater and more apparent in our society.