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Rumi’s Poem

Last night in a gathering I caught a glimpse of my beloved. Too embarrassed to embrace him I put my face against his cheek pretending to whisper something in his ear. – Rumi’s Little Book of Love The feeling of not being able to outwardly express one’s love to its intended recipient has been knownContinue reading “Rumi’s Poem”

Libertarianism as a Consequence of the Hobbesian State of Nature

I. Introduction In an attempt to understand the connection or lack thereof between the state of nature and political ideology, I will examine the specific relationship between Thomas Hobbes’s state of nature and the ideology of libertarianism. The analyzation of the relationship is due to the high degree of prima facie difference. Hobbes, as elaborated later, advocates forContinue reading “Libertarianism as a Consequence of the Hobbesian State of Nature”