political science

is knowledge of the consequences of the two accidents pertaining to bodies: Motion and magnitude. Measured by motion and magnitude, politics is no longer about virtue... it becomes the domain of passions and power.

Following Galileo, Hobbes excludes teleological accounts from the range of scientific explanations. He attempts to ground his political philosophy in the modern mechanistic theory of nature and accepts the Galilean view of physical reality: namely, that the universe is nothing but a body in motion. He defines science as 'the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another' (V 17). His new political science comprises knowledge of the consequences of the two accidents pertaining to bodies: motion and magnitude (IX). Measured by motion and magnitude, politics is no longer about virtue... it becomes the domain of passions and power.

is the art of knowing how to point with pride to the same thing we viewed with alarm when your opponent held the office.

Political science is the art of knowing how to point with pride to the same thing we viewed with alarm when your opponent held the office.

is the art of learnedly analyzing the squawking, howling, and growling of the animals on board, while the maelstrom of the masses silently pushes the ship from one shore to another.

Political scientists learnedly analyze the squawking, howling, [and] growling of the animals on board, while the maelstrom of the masses silently pushes the ship from one shore to another.

is the art of quantifying the amount of freedom man can handle and the amount of servitude he needs.

Political science is the art of quantifying the amount of freedom man can handle and the amount of servitude he needs.

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political science