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1ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTThomas Hobbes was an English philosopher whose entire philosophical work centersround the political nature of the concepts of sovereignty, liberalism, realism and individualism(Risse). He is not only famous for his philosophical works but for his literary works as well. It isseen that most of his literary as well as philosophical works revolve round the concept of thesocial contract theory, which was popularized by him (Risse). He considered all these conceptsto be inter-related and believed that the rise of one concept lead the deprivation of the others(King). He says in his book “Leviathan”, “For by Art is created that great Leviathan called aCommonwealth or State which is but an Artificial Man; though of greater stature and strengththan the Natural, for whose protection and defense it was intended; and in which, theSovereignty is an Artificial Soul, as giving life and motion to the whole body” (Wilson). This isthe thesis statement of this essay. It is to be noted that both Thomas Hobbes in his politicalphilosophies as well as Charles S. Peirce in their works give a detailed overview of these fourtopics (Oakeshott). It is to be noted that as per Thomas Hobbes, the rise of sovereignty reducesthe liberalism of the individuals and vice versa. According to Charles S. Peirce, the traditionalbelief of the people in the natural rights of nations and human beings have been dissipated(Peirce).According to Hobbes in his book “Leviathan”, “... the life of man solitary, poor, nasty,brutish, and short. ... The condition of man ... is a condition of war of everyone againsteveryone” (Hobbes). This quote clearly indicates the relation between the concepts ofsovereignty, liberalism, realism as well as individualism. According to the philosopher, humanbeings in their natural state work towards the fulfillment of their natural selfish desires. Humanbeings in order to fulfill their natural selfish desires are even willing to sacrifice a part of theirliberty and accept the sovereignty of others. According to Charles Peirce, “It is terrible to see

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