
Hobbes on the State
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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What Did Hobbs Think About Politics?
Hobbs's scepticism was his attempt to answer what he saw as the fundamental question, not just of politics, but of social life. Can you find the one thing on which all rational human beings ought to be capable of agreeing? And hobbs thought that you could - by going right down to the bottom of doubt and finding the bedrock of certainty.
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