I wrote this in a YouTube comment (here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TJ0kVNZY8) and it was very, very quickly done after about an hour of research on the man in question. There are others more qualified to make comparisons, but I had to share what I found because it was fascinating. Also, Yoko Taro is a genius, and it should be known.
Hobbes is the second boss of the raid, named after Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes was an English philosopher and is considered one of the founding members of modern political philosophy. He's most famous for his book "Leviathan," in which he detailed his political beliefs which were as thus: a society cannot be secure unless at the disposal of an absolute sovereign. Members of the society come together and form a social contract, ceding some of their rights in exchange for protection from a sovereign, a ruler, who then takes control of this society. Thus, the individuals are, by extension, the authors of all decisions made by the sovereign. "He that complaineth of injury from his sovereign complaineth that whereof he himself is the author, and therefore ought not to accuse any man but himself, no nor himself of injury because to do injury to one's self is impossible." He wrote nothing about the separation of powers in government. The sovereign is to control all aspects of government, including the three major powers: civil, militant, and judicial branches.
How does this relate to the boss? It's hard to say exactly. Taro didn't have as much freedom to design a fight that reflects his naming conventions for characters and enemies. However, it is interesting to point out that for this fight, and this fight alone, the alliances are split into three distinct groups, all of which have unique mechanics present on their respective platforms. In the center is Hobbes, whose arms quite literally reach out to each platform and control the pace of the fight. A single unit controlling three distinct bodies. Additionally, in the opening chapters of Leviathan, Hobbes likens the human body to a machine, and the political organization to an artificial human being. He says that the truth of his ideas can be gauged only be self-examination, by looking into our selves to adjudge our characteristic thoughts and passions, which form the basis of all human action. And what does the boss do? Analyze us to judge our parameters, our characteristics. It was testing machines to see how human-like they were physically, in reaction time, in dexterity.
He also talks about the fact that there should be a "head" that decides most of the important things that the "body" does, in a political organization. And Hobbes just so happens to be, essentially, a floating head dictating the tests. Hobbes was also outspoken in his belief that human judgment is unreliable, and that we need science to balance out that insufficiency. The boss has a few lines that mention our efforts to halt and defy science, saying "How...dare...you..." when we get close to defeating him. Suffice to say, there's a LOT here that Taro managed to put in despite the restrictions given to him due to the alliance raid setup. Man's a genius.
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Hobbes is the second boss of the raid, named after Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes was an English philosopher and is considered one of the founding members of modern political philosophy. He's most famous for his book "Leviathan," in which he detailed his political beliefs which were as thus: a society cannot be secure unless at the disposal of an absolute sovereign. Members of the society come together and form a social contract, ceding some of their rights in exchange for protection from a sovereign, a ruler, who then takes control of this society. Thus, the individuals are, by extension, the authors of all decisions made by the sovereign. "He that complaineth of injury from his sovereign complaineth that whereof he himself is the author, and therefore ought not to accuse any man but himself, no nor himself of injury because to do injury to one's self is impossible." He wrote nothing about the separation of powers in government. The sovereign is to control all aspects of government, including the three major powers: civil, militant, and judicial branches.
How does this relate to the boss? It's hard to say exactly. Taro didn't have as much freedom to design a fight that reflects his naming conventions for characters and enemies. However, it is interesting to point out that for this fight, and this fight alone, the alliances are split into three distinct groups, all of which have unique mechanics present on their respective platforms. In the center is Hobbes, whose arms quite literally reach out to each platform and control the pace of the fight. A single unit controlling three distinct bodies. Additionally, in the opening chapters of Leviathan, Hobbes likens the human body to a machine, and the political organization to an artificial human being. He says that the truth of his ideas can be gauged only be self-examination, by looking into our selves to adjudge our characteristic thoughts and passions, which form the basis of all human action. And what does the boss do? Analyze us to judge our parameters, our characteristics. It was testing machines to see how human-like they were physically, in reaction time, in dexterity.
He also talks about the fact that there should be a "head" that decides most of the important things that the "body" does, in a political organization. And Hobbes just so happens to be, essentially, a floating head dictating the tests. Hobbes was also outspoken in his belief that human judgment is unreliable, and that we need science to balance out that insufficiency. The boss has a few lines that mention our efforts to halt and defy science, saying "How...dare...you..." when we get close to defeating him. Suffice to say, there's a LOT here that Taro managed to put in despite the restrictions given to him due to the alliance raid setup. Man's a genius.
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