Leviathan--A Metaphor for the Sea Monster

Maegan 2022-08-02 13:59:57

The British political philosopher Hobbes' Leviathan is divided into four parts. The first part, "On Humanity," first announced the author's thorough materialist view of nature and general philosophical views, claiming that the universe is composed of particles of matter, objects have independent objective existence, matter exists forever, and all matter is in a state of motion . The second part, "On the Nation", is the main body of the book, mainly describing the natural rights that people in a state of nature enjoy "equal from birth" in their unfortunate lives, and they all have a common desire for a peaceful and stable life. For human reason, people agree to make a contract (covenant) with each other, give up the natural rights of each person, and entrust them to a person or a group of many people (such as a parliament). This person or group can decide everyone's rights.

The will is transformed into a will, which can unify everyone's personalities into one personality; everyone obeys his will and his judgment. The third part, "On the State of the Christian System," aims to deny the self-contained Church and attack the Pope's power over secular power. The fourth part, "On the Kingdom of Darkness", is mainly aimed at the Roman Church, exposing a large number of corruption, darkness, exploitation, and greed in the Roman Church, so that God's holiness and honor, the majesty and mystery of the church, have been in Hobbes. eclipsed by the pen. On the other hand, in this film, the small is seen as the big; the gold belt is murdered and set on fire; the bridge is repaired; the road is repaired; and there are no corpses. 1. A synopsis of the plot In order to prevent the forced demolition by the government, the peasant finally killed his wife, imprisoned himself, and demolished his house. 2. Lawyers clearly stated that they should not threaten the mayor. A bigger threat 3. The disintegration of the state lies in the private use of public tools on the power pyramid, and the disintegration of the family lies in the loss of morality, extramarital affairs, violent parenting, and extreme conflict in hunting. The iron buddies who are intertwined with those in power are extremely ironic.


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  • Rudy 2022-04-22 07:01:40

    Drinking vodka is great, but the movie itself is very general, with all kinds of inexplicable plots.

  • Melvin 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    Alas, I don't like too much politics and religion involved, and don't I feel a little blunt? Some dialogues are set up to achieve the director's purpose simply and rudely... It's not realistic at all. Orz said that the opening filming made me trance to see the second winter sleep, but in all fairness the level of the two films is still quite different = =

Leviathan quotes

  • Store clerk: What do you want, Kolya?

    Kolya: Vodka, what else?

  • Dmitriy Seleznyov: No-one is out of reach.