Meaning of Hobbesianism | Babel Free

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The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes; support for this system.

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“Scepticism or Hobbesianism, that is the meaning of your article of Aug. 21, which I regret⟳ to have⟳ read⟳ in the Economist. Nowhere conscience is apparent.”

“Kant’s defence of state authority was indeed vigorous, but the ‘Hobbesianism’ identified by Richard Tuck and others should not be taken too far.”

“[…] Aravamudan’s work⟳ unintentionally participates in the liberal project of burying a Hobbesianism that has consistently been recognized as a threat to the very Protestant capitalist revolution Aravamudan would want⟳ to indict.”

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