PHIL 1000 Quiz: Hobbes-- Leviathan (98% on the test)
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Interested in physical motion, but hated experiments. Explanation of man"s place in the world in terms of physical causes. Difference between religion and superstition is what the authorities permit or do not: whatever you agree with his beliefs is religion, everything else is superstition. Attractive to live under authority bc: distinction between true and false religion is conducive to civil harmony. Study of human nature- define man and link him the world and society. If we define man accurately, then we can define the system that man needs to thrive within a group of other men. His path in between two extremes is one of the most extreme paths ever. He doesn"t know how it will be perceived bc he is writing to people who want more gov"t and people who want less created. Hobbes wants the king to have absolute power. If you don"t have any gov"t, what you get is not liberty, but servitude.
