Hobbes Thought Analysis Of Human Nature

Thomas Hobbes as modern great statesman and philosopher, his theory of human nature thought contains rich content. To conduct a comprehensive grasp of it, it is necessary to understand its theoretical basis and on the basis of its expounded his thought. Ideas of this article is about Hobbes’ theory of human nature thought background first, then expounds his theory of human nature thought Hobbes, finally in reflect on their ideas. The first chapter is the theoretical basis of human nature thought, Hobbes tell the story of Hobbes lived in a turbulent system of the old and new alternate era, the rivalries and abuse each other between people. The background of the theory is that human nature of ancient Greece, medieval and modern enlightenment thinkers of humanity and the effect of the human nature. The Calvin argues that evil in human nature and medieval human nature of evil of human nature affect the most far-reaching.In the second chapter, the main content of the theory of human nature thought of Hobbes. In the discourse of inheriting predecessors’ ideas about human nature, Hobbes from the natural level, social level to talk about the problem of human nature, the basic point of view is the human nature is evil. Main contents include the naturalness of argument, including theory of people’s material and feeling; Intrinsic properties, including endogenous desire, self protective and selfish; The rational nature of human nature, including the theory of the state of nature, the theory of people’s happiness and the theory of human’s rational; Religion of humanity thoughts, including entity the fragility of the human and human reason is yearning. One person’s natural reasoning, Hobbes’ account of human body organs structure and the other animals no differences in nature, its operation is the basic principle of mechanical works, people’s feelings and emotions are produced according to the mechanical motion. In a person’s intrinsic properties, Hobbes people because of its basic nature and internal operation of the machinery, the operation of basic power and need will make the person produces much instinct desire to meet the needs of its naturalness. People’s desire has the will to power, wealth, knowledge, desire, security and fear of death., in turn, will produce to protect the safety of them own lives and necessity, and how to protect requires selfish and selfish. In the rational nature of human nature, what is the state of nature is discussed, which is a all people for all the people of war, and conflicting and contradictory not harmonious state. And nature have a desire to the pursuit of happiness and get rid of this state of nature, which requires the power of rational. Rationality is a person walked out of the natural state of a fundamental reason, the rational ability itself has a kind of regulation and has foresight, enable people to establish the long-term view and produce a kind of desire of peace. In human nature thought of religion, because of the fragility of human being itself and rational yearning led to people to infinite pursuit and longing of religion, the reality is to transfer their rights to a powerful leviathan to manage the people’s life safety and happiness.The third chapter is the introspection of the human nature thought Hobbes, its rationality lies in the analysis of human nature is evil, is pointed out that the nature of humanity itself, the resulting many to protect their own evil desires; Human rational attribute is also have the innate rationality at the same time, makes the talent may desire from itself and the state of nature. Its deficiency lies in the person’s selfish is the essence of human being, people’s desire and feeling is and mechanical operation rule is consistent with the leviathan virtualization of human nature. The theory itself for many later thinkers about ethics, the study of philosophy of law laid a lot of fundamental value.