This essay presents an examination of the relationship that existed between thought and action at the origin of the political as represented within the text of Aristotle's Politics and the evolution of this relationship as seen in the modern period in the writing of Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. By comparing and contrasting the tenets of the practices and perceptions of the respective periods of the authors a conclusion will be made as to the present implications that remain relevant today.
Beginning with the political science of Aristotle and perhaps one of his most famous declarations in Po…
