PHIL 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Everyman, Leviathan, Body Politic
24 Sep 2017
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Scientific methodology: marked paradigm shift from doesn"t matter what methodology you use. Hobbs uses the same methodology all through out. Hobbs set out an ambitious project of studying physical nature, the nature of humanity, and the nature of human society. There are three kinds of bodies: physical bodies, human body, body politic. Physical and mental changes, he was a materialist. Accurate political philosophy to facilitate agreement and ideas. (hobbs wrote leviathan at the time of civil war in england) Pulse= involuntary motion (you don"t consciously control your blood), walking=you conspicuously control, its voluntary. Matter= quality for humans to live in pease. Appetite (humans motion towards other humans and objects) saw meaning as love and hate. Analysing human motivation: everyone possesses twofold endeavor: appetite and aversion=forms person"s motions to or from persons and objects (and have same meanings as love and hate. Humans are equal in mental and physical ability.
