A comparative study on Hobbs and Javadi Amoli's conceptions of human being and the way in which they affect political thought

This paper has studied human being under the concepts of human nature, interpreting human being, the origin of right, spirit, intellectual analyzing of human social life, human motivation, Prometheus in opposition to the position of caliphate, religion and their differences. It has been concluded that the differences are owing to Hobbs` naturalist view to human being just against Javadi`s on Divine given nature of human being. The difference as a principle of political thought has caused Javadi to believe in absolute power of Imam, and following it, of his caliphate. Hobbs, however, has accepted such a belief on behalf of the king. In this manner, the philosophical concepts of the philosopher have affected political thought.