THE INTELLECTUAL DARK WEB PODCAST (HOBBES + LOCKE + ROUSSEAU + US CONSTITUTION in ONE SINGLE BOOK) How To Understand Hobbes
Mar 24, 2023
This podcast explores various topics related to Thomas Hobbes, including his pessimistic view of human nature, the influence of Galileo and Descartes on his work, the implications of methodological naturalism, the role of knowledge and ethics in the body politic, the connection between religion and consciousness, the concept of power and the importance of clear thinking. The podcast also discusses the speaker's pessimistic view influenced by Calvinist doctrine and times of conflict, and their proposal to study original texts of influential thinkers in one book.
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Hobbes' Historical and Pessimistic Context
- Hobbes witnessed the English Civil War and Spanish Armada, influencing his political and pessimistic view of human nature.
- He saw the natural condition as a "war of all against all," shaping his need for a basis of political authority.
Hobbes' Church-State View
- Hobbes favored a broad Anglican "broad church" to avoid religious conflicts and sectarianism.
- He supported Erastianism: state authority controls religion to prevent disorder.
Hobbes' Scientific Method Approach
- Hobbes combined Bacon's inductive empirical method with Galileo and Descartes' deductive mathematical approach.
- He applied methodological naturalism, explaining everything by cause-effect natural processes.