The State of Nature (Hobbes, Pt. 4)

Part Four of our section on Thomas Hobbes and Leviathan, part of a larger series entitled Foundations of Western Political Thought. For this video we dive deep into the text, reading and analyzing what Hobbes has to say about the condition of man in the state of nature: solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. The Hobbesian jungle. We also analyze and evaluate Hobbes's views on natural right and natural law. I close the video with my own thoughts on some of the discussion questions.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - The Natural Condition of Mankind
13:00 - The Right of Nature and the Law of Nature
19:08 - Articles of Peace and the Laying Aside of Right
27:19 - Barth's Opinion
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Dr. Jonathan Barth received his PhD in history from George Mason University in 2014. He specializes in the history of money and banking in the early modern period, with corollary interests in early modern politics, empire, culture, and ideas. Barth is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and Associate Director of the Center for American Institutions at Arizona State University.
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