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2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury

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General Philosophy
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Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The Monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.

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General Philosophy
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Peter Millican
Keywords
causation
philosophy
civil war
leviathan
hobbes
materialism
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 16/03/2010
Duration: 00:11:33

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