 | Thomas P. Saine - History - 1997 - 388 pages
...free will, or any free, but free from being hindered by opposition; I should not say he were in an error, but that his words were without meaning, that is to say, absurd."24 Hobbes gave himself the air of the determinist and agnostic who had nothing but contempt... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - Philosophy - 1999 - 452 pages
...meaning; but if anyone means by the epithet something more than 'free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in error, but that his words were without meaning, that is to say, absurd'.2 Once given the cause, the effect necessarily follows. If the effect does not follow, the... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes, John Bramhall - Philosophy - 1999 - 144 pages
...a free will, or Any free but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an error, but that his words were without meaning, that is to say, absurd. . . . Chapter VI. Of the interiour beginnings of voluntary motions . , . . . . When in the mind of... | |
 | Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins - Philosophy - 2000 - 326 pages
...a free will; or any free, but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he was in an error, but that his words were without meaning, that is to say, absurd. I have said before (in the second chapter) that a man did excel all other animals in this faculty,... | |
 | David van Mill - Political Science - 2001 - 270 pages
...free-will; or any free, but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an Errour; but that his words were without meaning, that is to say, Absurd." 17 This is a very strong claim by Hobbes because he is saying that to talk of freedom in any way other... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - Philosophy - 2003 - 452 pages
...meaning; but if anyone means by the epithet something more than 'free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in error, but that his words were without meaning, that is to say, absurd'.2 Once given the cause, the effect necessarily follows. If the effect does not follow, the... | |
 | Desmond Clarke - Philosophy - 2003 - 278 pages
...if a man should talk to me of ... Immaterial! Substances ... I should not say he were in an Errour; but that his words were without meaning; that is to say. Absurd.' 27 Digby (1644: 366): 'all the actions of sensible bodies may be reduced to locall motion, and to materiall... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - History - 2005 - 404 pages
...a free will, or any free but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an error, but that his words were without meaning; that is to say, absurd. [20] 6. I have said before (in the second chapter) that a man did excel all other animals in this faculty,... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Law - 2005 - 918 pages
...a free will, or any free but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an error but that his words were without meaning — that is to say, absurd. [Hobbes, Leviathan, chap. 5] See the text at chap. 8, n. 172, below. "Hobbes is nearly the only writer... | |
 | Desmond M. Clarke - History - 2005 - 280 pages
...if a man should talk to me of ... immateriaB. Substances ... I should not say he were in an Errour; but that his words were without meaning; that is to say. Absurd. ' 27 Digby (1644: 366): 'all the actions of sensible bodies may be reduced to locali motion, and to... | |
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And therefore if a man should talk to me of a round quadrangle, or accidents of bread in cheese, or immaterial substances, or of a free subject, a free will, or any free but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an error... 
