Plato and Hobbes: On the Foundations of Political Philosophy

Plato and Hobbes: On the Foundations of Political Philosophy Jan Dejnoñka May 1, 1992; edited for the Web, November 11, 2005 (new final paragraph of main text added July 22, 2006) There is a certain philosophia prima on which all other philosophy ought to depend... --Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Jan Dejnoñka, Plato and Hobbes: On the Foundations of Political Philosophy (1992). A theory of the state based on theory of human nature and theory of value, with Hume’s is-ought inference problem solved.

• hume’s problem
• nature f. hobbes on man’s
• state a.
• metaphysical order
• political philosophy
• foundations
• reason
• theory
• 3 c.
• c.
• state