PHIL 1F91 Lecture : Somerville, Wilson and Descartes

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The most important course you will ever do. Is there such a thing as human nature: 2. = do we have free will or are we like dominoes, chess pieces or dogs: 3. Do we have a soul [or spirit or mind], that is, a non-material component or are we just bodies with a very complex body part called a brain: 4. Are we naturally good [= altruistic] or naturally evil [= selfish, greedy egoists]: 5. How to think about this course2: what have you learned from the past [= history and pre- history] about the world, what have you learned from or are learning from other courses, be a lighthouse not a bucket!!! Human nature: arranged both chronologically and thematically, chronologically: first half is a long period of time: 400 bce to cir. Common era: 2nd half is post-malthusian era, thematically: Human nature: thematically: the first 2 parts 3 distinct themes: antiquity, early modernity and.

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