Political Theory 101

Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State

Oct 8, 2019

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Embrace Objectivity, Recognize Limits

01:30

Leisure Demands Sacrifice

01:20

The Concepts of Diffidence and Glory in Hobbes' Philosophy

01:03

Desire Does Not Define Happiness

00:53

Introduction

3min

The Problem of Scarcity

6min

What's the Difference Between Glory and Vain Glory?

2min

Why Hobbes Thinks There's Conflict

3min

Subjectivity, Scarcity, and Natural Equality for Hobbes

2min

How to Build a Big, Pure Empathy Network

2min

Are You Trusting Strangers?

5min

Why Hobbes Prefers a Monarch

4min

The State of Nature Is Hobbes, Roussean, General Will

3min

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Are You Afraid of the End of the World?

3min

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Plato's Argument for the State

3min

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The Ancients' Argument for Subjugation

5min

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Is There an Equal Ability of People to Be Philosophers?

3min

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Plato's Determinism of the State

5min

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Aristotle and Plato - Is There a Future for Philosophy?

2min

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The Universe Is a Flow of Change

3min

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Plato's State of Happiness

3min

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The Chariot Scholar

6min

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Socrates and the Republic

2min

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The Relationship Between Philosophy and Morality

4min

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Plato and Hobbes' Concession to the Real

3min

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The Constraints That Hobbes and Plato Thinks Are Not Necessary

2min

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Trying to Find Ways of Doing Politics That Don't Concentrate Power

2min

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Podcast Calypolis

3min

Benjamin and Edmund discuss why both Hobbes and Plato think the state is necessary, comparing and contrasting the two along the way.

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