Ben Carr When comparing Hobbes and Rousseau’s state of nature one must be aware of not only what the conditions are for each philosopher’s realm of savagery. Each has a different setting, different time frame, and different abundance of resources. Where Rousseau sees a world much like the Garden of Eden, Hobbes’ is much more brutal and cold. Rousseau had a specific time frame in mind; prehistory, where as Hobbes had no specific …showed first 75 words of 1091 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1091 total…diffidence, and glory can all be explained by societies role in our lives. Once we feel our livelihood is threatened we would want to stomp it out. Once we are convinced other want what we have we arm ourselves. Thirdly, once we find that we can impress others and immortalize ourselves through besting others we attain the notion of glory. All of these come from society. Pity and self interest come from somewhere much deeper.