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The meaning of Religion

The philosophers and theologians throughout the ages have tried to explain the aggressiveness of man by pointing to their natural disposition. In classical political philosophy, Leviathan, the 17th century English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, describes the human condition in a state of nature (ie, prior to the formation of government) as a "war of every man against every man". This constant conflict, according to Hobbes, originate from natural human nature. Since they essentially wanted to fulfill himself, greedy, greedy nan. Advantages and personal triumph has been the basis of their motivation. St. Augustin of Hippo (354-430) also noted the great human capacity to carry out the slaughter and pengalgojoan. The tendency towards this crime, it appears in the view of Augustin, requires a theological explanation: original sin. The aggressive nature of human nature is directly linked to fallout from grace in the Garden of Eden. Thus the words of Greg Cashman that quoted from...