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A review by marc129
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
2.0
Especially the piece about man is interesting: for the first time we get a systematic dissection of the human condition, and the beginning of a philosophy of knowing.
In political sense Hobbes clearly was not an absolutist, obviously because he wrote this book in Paris at the time of Louis XIV, though in the end he offers a light relativisation. The concept of 'natural condition of man' is useful, but too theoretical to build a comprehensive view on the state upon it. Hobbes obviously wasn't an atheist, but he brings a materialistic view, with room for miracles and god.
In political sense Hobbes clearly was not an absolutist, obviously because he wrote this book in Paris at the time of Louis XIV, though in the end he offers a light relativisation. The concept of 'natural condition of man' is useful, but too theoretical to build a comprehensive view on the state upon it. Hobbes obviously wasn't an atheist, but he brings a materialistic view, with room for miracles and god.