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... THOMAS HOBBES FROM DESCARTES TO HOBBES . The problem we have been considering is stated in the question : What is the nature of ultimate reality ? We have seen Descartes ' answer . This , one suspects , is the metaphysics which is most ...
... THOMAS HOBBES FROM DESCARTES TO HOBBES . The problem we have been considering is stated in the question : What is the nature of ultimate reality ? We have seen Descartes ' answer . This , one suspects , is the metaphysics which is most ...
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... Thomas Hobbes , contemporary and friend and critic of Descartes . BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . Thomas Hobbes was born in Eng- land in 1588 and died in 1679 at the age of ninety - one . During a long and busy life he was a close student of ...
... Thomas Hobbes , contemporary and friend and critic of Descartes . BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . Thomas Hobbes was born in Eng- land in 1588 and died in 1679 at the age of ninety - one . During a long and busy life he was a close student of ...
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... THOMAS HOBBES FROM JAMES I TO HOBBES . King James had published The True Law of Free Monarchy , stating the case for the divine right of kings , in 1598. In 1603 he had become king of Great Britain . Throughout his reign , he sought to ...
... THOMAS HOBBES FROM JAMES I TO HOBBES . King James had published The True Law of Free Monarchy , stating the case for the divine right of kings , in 1598. In 1603 he had become king of Great Britain . Throughout his reign , he sought to ...
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