Hobbes Vs Socrates Essay

In Hobbes Leviathan, one might recognize the complete controversy between he, and Socrates. Socrates, was a man with little answers; he made you question things you did not know, and things you thought you knew. However, Hobbes, gives you immense immediate answers, and even claims that philosophers are wrong (page 57). Hobbes also claims that men has “restless desire of power after power” (page 58); he claims this explains how and why people act in a certain manner. Reflecting on our modern society, we see a continuous aim of people working to become more powerful among their peers. This is why we have promotions in jobs, positions in the work force, and even grades on report cards. Hobbes claims that power explains most actions throughout history, and without power, people
On page 62, Hobbes relates faith to a blind man being told there is a fire; with a vast amount of people telling you about the fire, and what it does, you begin to understand the fire, without touching or seeing it. Hobbes also claims that “the seed of religion is only in man” (page 63) and that people have only created God to “have to know the causes of natural bodies” (page 64). Later, he goes on to explain that because of faith, we have laws. We can see a comparison in this to today’s laws and government. We, as a nation, claim a separation between state and government- but it’s hard to do so, while showing that most laws derived from faith. Some laws, like the law refusing homosexuals the right to get married, have been overturned because of its basis to Christian morality. Other laws, like murder, are bound to stay intact, because most of the population agrees that it is morally wrong. So where should laws cross the line? Some argue that laws should only be in place if they do harm to another