PHILOS 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: East Los Angeles College, Logical Truth, Hugo Grotius
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The first principles of philosophy must be absolutely reliable. The account of external nature- descartes operates under the assumption that the. Hobbes works with the assumption of grotian human condition, so we need an account of fundamental principles that are system to human interactions, and are practically self-evident. The principles must be considered above doubt by people with basic practical. The idea that one must not kill an innocent person- no person can reasonably reason doubt the truth of not harming the innocent. Hobbes denies that humans are born fit for society. He says by nature, humans are by nature violent, and will do violence. Epistemology was questioned because the intrinsic nature of existence was onto others, a condition of war on all against all. questioned. Social and moral reality came into question as well. Human beings questioned that if humans are by nature in a condition of conflict, then they cannot naturally divide up into harmonious classes.
