Thomas Hobbes

Pedro. on 18 Nov 2004   Link to this

A Brief Life of Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679 by John Aubrey see...

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vicente on 18 Nov 2004   Link to this

"...The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is best known for his political thought, and deservedly so. His vision of the world is strikingly original and still relevant to contemporary politics. His main concern is the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict. He poses stark alternatives: we should give our obedience to an unaccountable sovereign (a person or group empowered to decide every social and political issue)...."
For more go 'ere. Life and Times
Two Intellectual Influences
Ethics and Human Nature
Materialism Versus Self-Knowledge
The Poverty of Human Judgment and our Need for Science
Motivation
Political Philosophy
The Natural Condition of Mankind
The Laws of Nature and the Social Contract
Why Should we Obey the Sovereign?
Life Under the Sovereign
Conclusion
References and Further Reading
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hobmoral.htm

vicente on 21 Nov 2004   Link to this

a brief life of Thomas Hobbes by John Aubrey
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/ho...

cumsalisgrano on 27 Apr 2007   Link to this

Unmentioned. Leviathan; He upset many of the Clergy , Anglicans and Roman Catholicks.
Book can be got for under 10 $ and well well digesting.
4 parts. I Of Man [nature] ,
II of Common-wealth,
III of Christianity and Common-wealth,
IV of Kingdom of Darknesse.