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Full Idea
Hobbes created English-language philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Hobbes created English-language philosophy
Source
report of Thomas Hobbes (The Elements of Law [1640]) by Richard Tuck - Hobbes Pref
Book Ref
Tuck,Richard: 'Hobbes: a very short introduction' [OUP 2002], p.-6
A Reaction
Tuck mentions Hooker as a predecessor in jurisprudence. Otherwise, an impressive label.
| 7396 | Hobbes created English-language philosophy [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 7408 | It is an error that reason should control the passions, which give right guidance on their own [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 7410 | Self-preservation is basic, and people judge differently about that, implying ethical relativism [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 7409 | Hobbes shifted from talk of 'the good' to talk of 'rights' [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 7411 | The attributes of God just show our inability to conceive his nature [Hobbes] |
| 16688 | Evidence is conception, which is imagination, which proceeds from the senses [Hobbes] |
| 16638 | The qualities of the world are mere appearances; reality is the motions which cause them [Hobbes] |
| 7405 | Experience can't prove universal truths [Hobbes] |
| 7407 | Good and evil are what please us; goodness and badness the powers causing them [Hobbes] |