Thomas Hobbes, war and ‘the natural condition of man’: plus ca change

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  • Peter E.R. Jones

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v12i2.4704

Keywords:

New Zealand Productivity Commission, administrative silos, mainstream social services, political accountability, ineffective tailored services, Better Lives agency

Abstract

It is customary in any commentary on Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and his best-known work, Leviathan, to emphasise the influence on him of the pre-eminent thinkers of his time, men with whom he had personal dealings (such as Bacon, Descartes and Galileo), forerunners of the Age of Enlightenment. It is also well recognised that Hobbes was much influenced by the civil disorders in England during his own time. However, the influence on him of the great writers and thinkers of ancient Greece has been less well recognised. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 12 issue 2 2016

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2016-05-01

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2016): Policy Quarterly

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