There are three Powers, three unique Forces upon earth, capable of conquering forever by charming the conscience of these weak rebels – men – for their own good; and these Forces are: Miracle, Mystery ...

Sir, – In Miriam Lord's column (Saturday, 22nd) James Lawless TD has mixed up his political philosophers. It was Thomas Hobbes not John Locke who described life as "nasty, brutish and short". By ...

Robin teaches political science at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is the author of Fear: the History of a Political Idea, [2] which aims to ...

John Locke (1632–1704) concerned himself primarily with society, where his views are often contrasted with those of Thomas Hobbes, and with epistemology, where he is usually placed alongside David ...

Both Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704), for all their differences, begin by conceiving humans by nature not as parts of wholes, but as wholes apart. (DeAgostini / Fine Art Images / ...