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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Leviathon

“What makes power legitimate?. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Leviathon. “Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty , brutish and short.” Hobbes. Motivated by Self-Interest and Pleasure. bellum omnium contra omnes. John Locke (1632-1704).

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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Leviathon

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  1. “What makes power legitimate? Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)Leviathon

  2. “Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Hobbes

  3. Motivated by Self-Interest and Pleasure

  4. bellum omnium contra omnes

  5. John Locke (1632-1704)

  6. Nullius in Verba “On the words of no one” British Royal Society 1660

  7. How much did it cost to have one hour of light at night to study? Medieval England: Seven Hours 18th Century England: Five Hours 2013: ½ second

  8. Inventions create problems

  9. Motive to be more efficient

  10. England didn’t have enough land to produce food and heat1800—only 5% of Britain was covered by forests

  11. By 1800 England was producing 90% of the world’s output of coal

  12. 1707 Britain outlaws the importation of Indian Textiles 1717 France Passes a law against wearing Indian Cotton or Chinese Silk

  13. Textiles were key 1830 England had 12 million people—1/2 million worked in Textile Factories

  14. 1623 Law on Intellectual Property Rights

  15. The democratization of Invention

  16. Much of the IR was based on: Scientific Invention; Ample supply of food; Supply of Raw Materials; Slave Labor

  17. Capital Raw Material Markets

  18. Social Darwinism

  19. “This is a ship neither man nor God can sink!”

  20. Qianlong Era (1736 – 1799)

  21. 1699-13,000 lbs of tea • 1721-1.2 million lbs of tea • 1750-4.7 million lbs of tea • 1800-23 million lbs of tea

  22. Outside the City • October - March • No Guns • No Women • 100 Yard Limit

  23. 1793 British Delegation

  24. Qianlong 1736 - 1799 “We possess all things. I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country’s manufactures.”

  25. 1760 – 3 million ounces of silver • 1770 – 7.5 million ounces of silver • 1780 - 16 million ounces of silver

  26. 1800 - 1810 = 26 million dollars paid to China • 1828 - 1836 = 38 million dollars paid to the British

  27. Emperor Tao-Kuang 1821-1850 • 1836 Debate • Legalize It • Keep it Illegal

  28. Lin Tse-Hsu • One year to clean up • Free sanitariums • No Mercy after one year • Canton problem • Surround the British Factory (21,000 chests of opium)

  29. 1842 Nanking Treaty • 21 million in siliver • Demolish Hong

  30. “The Opium War introduced a century of humiliation for the Chinese people. The outcome of the War was inevitable, considering the decay of the Qing Dynasty and the new power achieved by Britain after the Industrial Revolution.”

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