Thursday, December 1, 2011

I agree with all of the opinions Hobbes stated on how humans are dangerous at nature and not when they have a proper and strong ruler, except one which is the first reason. This entire paragraph to me shows that he is looking down on his own race because every individual is driven by pride. For me this raises a question: If we could not do anything that would make us proud of ourselves, would we even strive for the productivity as ants and bees do? Ants and bees are quite literally drones whose minds are near equivalent to a lobotomized human. Yes it is true that bees and ants have no thought for themselves but only for their community but we are not drones and to try to be one would be to defy nature. Therefore I do not believe that pride and honor should be considered a weakness but a potential accolade. Rather than a man that operates as one of these drones being driven by the thought 'I must do this tedious chore because I must' a realistic man may be driven to do better at whatever they are pursuing even if it isn't the most noble reason. The point is that he did his job better and however minor the outcome, he helped himself and his community. This is the only reason I disagree with and all of the others I agree with.

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