The totalitarian State of Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes(1588-1679) is the very famous England philosophy and author of Leviathan, that he has shaped in his think but the effort for this think has been certainly minimum, why? Simple because he has seen and he has took that he had around; the monarchy of 17^th century in Europe, were every totalitarian, the right was respected but often the political condition give the motive for not to know the rights, above all of poor, because the political causes were dominant, it is the accuse to Templar knight for Philipp 4^th in France, and Dante Alighieri has said about this episode: “To bring to the temple the avid sails”, this is to steal the money of Templar for the satisfaction above aal for the feed for the Paris people, the decollation of Louis 16^th, king of France, for to avoid a return to monarchy; it was alone a psychological motive, so that whomsoever recognizes that the monarchy was impossible, and other examples. But Hobbes seen about the political way and he has took the necessary to his Leviathan, that is alone a human creation, and in fact it must lead us to consider that my hypothesis is right, because the State is built from the men, and Hobbes in the following words says: “For this way of art is created that Leviathan, called the political power, or State(in Latin civitas), that is alone a artificial man although of major high and force of the natural man, for his protection and defense is destined, and where the sovereignty is a artificial soul and it give the movement: the judges and the other members of the judicial power and executive…”; it is the confirm to my opinion, why? Simple because the State is built from the men, the State is a projection of they will, hence the judicial power must punish the criminals, that is the will of somebody, except the criminals, Hobbes suggest the totalitarian State in these following words: “The reward and the pain through it is tide to chair of sovereignty, every member has the solicitude to make his duty…”; it is the totalitarian State. The are the nerves that have the same duty of natural organism; the good of every element, are the force; la salus populi, this is the good of people, its activity in the commerce…”; this step is very important because it evidences the preoccupation of the king for his people, because the people can become dangerous if it lives poor conditions, hence in the concept of Hobbes every member must be active for the wealth of people, because it is the final consideration, this is the people. And Hobbes follows for the humanity of State: “For a description of this artificial man, I want consider the first the matter and its worker, both built from the man…”; the State inasmuch for the think of Hobbes is a build made from the men and for the men, because the state is composed from the men.

Alessandro Lusana