Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - English Civil War, Empiricism, Classical Liberalism
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English, his philosophies are products of the civil war in england. Arti cial character of political order (distinction between civil society and state) Political powers must be representative, chosen by people. Free interpretation of the law allowing people to work around the most stringent laws. Humans are matter and motion and are distributed amongst other things matter and motion. Mother gave birth when she heard of coming spanish armada my mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear . Distinguished the realm of man from the realm of nature. Talked on the oneness of movements, how all movements are related to one another. The state is a monster, an entity created out of necessity for cooperation between humans and dissolved due to civil strife proceeding from human passions. Work so secular and so revolutionary that hobbes needed to appeal to the revolutionary government to avoid being killed by french catholics and english royalists.