PHIL 4230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Assembly Of Quebec, Jean Charest, Bill 78 (Quebec, 2012)
9 Mar 2016
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In italy, hobbes met galileo, and in paris he made the acquaintance of mersenne and had interaction with descartes. He was captivated by the emerging science of that day and was convinced of the importance of observation and deductive reasoning (drawing conclusions from statements that are ture). He wrote on physical nature, human nature, and the nature of human society which was developed into the book the elements of philosophy. However, he is best known for his book leviathan, which is regarded as one of the most important text in political philosophy. The leviathan is concerned with the problem of how to maintain absolute political authority and avoid civil war. Hobbes says that from a materialistic perspective, social and physical events are nothing but bodies in motion and that human behaviour can be categorized into 2 types of motions: voluntary, vital. Human action is motivated by the impulses of appetite (love) and aversion (hate)
