Ideas from 'The Elements of Law' by Thomas Hobbes [1640], by Theme Structure
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy
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Hobbes created English-language philosophy [Tuck]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory
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The qualities of the world are mere appearances; reality is the motions which cause them
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
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Experience can't prove universal truths
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Evidence is conception, which is imagination, which proceeds from the senses
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 1. Acting on Desires
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It is an error that reason should control the passions, which give right guidance on their own [Tuck]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Good and evil are what please us; goodness and badness the powers causing them
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
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Self-preservation is basic, and people judge differently about that, implying ethical relativism [Tuck]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / c. Right and good
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Hobbes shifted from talk of 'the good' to talk of 'rights' [Tuck]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
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The attributes of God just show our inability to conceive his nature
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