to findRead this waay back when. Time for a revisit.
Informative, but not exactly easy to read. Locke writes the longest sentences I've ever seen in my life.
Whereas I am trying to broaden my knowledge base and learn more basic philosophy, and whereas I am reading for pleasure rather than to create or support any argument, and whereas Hobbes likes to define and use italics profusely, and whereas his writing is in a style most soporific and whereas it tak...
Rereading
The good news is, Hobbes writes beautifully. The bad news is, I hate reading classical philosophy because when the philosopher says something I disagree with, I want to argue with him and I can't because he's dead. In this case, Hobbes just defended the idea that if you agree to pay ransom to someon...
A very important work but one that I mostly disagree with (chapter 5, I'm looking at you).
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