Hobbes's bourgeois moderation.

From: Polity | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Hayes, Peter | Copyright information

The argument can be made that Thomas Hobbes, rather than John Locke, is best described as the 17th century's bourgeois philosopher. His emphasis on both absolutist and prudential civil order exemplifies bourgeois societal mores. Absolutist order acknowledges the sovereign's undisputed authority, while prudential order establishes moderation as the principle for state/citizen relations.

Arendt, Macpherson, and Strauss have correctly identified Hobbes as a bourgeois theorist, but wrong...

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