The Sovereign as Educator: Thomas Hobbes's National Curriculum (original) (raw)

Paedagogica Historica, 1998

Abstract

Thomas Hobbes (1588‐1679), the greatest English political philosopher, famously argued that the solution to civil disorders lay in a sovereign authority backed with force. But force was insufficient unless people were also educated to obedience. The key was the re‐education of teachers, including ministers of religion and lawyers, who would then instruct the masses. Hobbes attributed disorder, particularly in the

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