Leviathan Thomas Hobbes and Mo Essay

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These ideas run in separate directions, but each seeks to provide a better understanding of what a human life is and why we should or should not serve a greater power than ourselves.

In conclusion, we see that the Leviathan is an important piece of work for man to understand his place in society and the role or lack thereof his life plays in the creation and maintenance of this society, with many parallels visible in ancient philosophical writing on war. Mo Tzu had exceptionally benevolent ideas for his time and the depressing period of Chinese history in which he lived, yet his enthusiasm for human life is remarkable.
Mohism could never have worked in the time that Mo Tzu lived in, but 2300 years later, the rise of Mao Zedong and Communism in China drew heavily from the ideas of Mo Tzu. Universal love works well in the communism belief that every individual is equal to every other, and the creation of a homogenous society was one of the hallmarks of Mao Zedong's China. The materialization of Chinese politics in recent years has once again thrown the popular beliefs of Mo Tzu out of favor in China.

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