Love me some Hobbes. I still remember the feeling of shock the first time I actually read Leviathan, how it focuses so much on that geometric / pneumatic picture of biology, building it up into an image of the state (and doing it pretty well) -- and then how so much of the book was taken up by theology, after
what do you think The Leviathans are/is? do you take this in a non Christian form? i feeling like your missing a big part of the view he and many other creators of institutions had laid down. most of all of them was to have a ""perfect"" Society the rich man's Pastime game. the ""summum bonum"" they think they are more moral than you, thus you should obey the theory of government and laws to help you reach that. to be honest the Leviathan are the very people claiming to help you while getting rich lol all the top role models rn. path to hell is wide. the goal and problem is the soul. what is it? how do you have it? the Leviathan thinks you are soulless and can now do whatever it wants to you but like all the other times in the bible when the Jews are in slavery if they saw that they had left God and vehemently sought him and repented they could free themselves of the Leviathan to a degree that they were under God. hard to claim to understand if you really just don't get it . but that's the oldest trope maybe they just did it wrong. lmao
Love me some Hobbes. I still remember the feeling of shock the first time I actually read Leviathan, how it focuses so much on that geometric / pneumatic picture of biology, building it up into an image of the state (and doing it pretty well) -- and then how so much of the book was taken up by theology, after
Appreciate the work, Varn. Highly important.
Varn living up to his promise by jump starting my 6am brain. Again.
Does Hobbes ever go as far as advocate for a world empire?
Good vid
hi varn I live in Salt Lake City too I'd love to meet with you sometime to talk politics
what do you think The Leviathans are/is? do you take this in a non Christian form? i feeling like your missing a big part of the view he and many other creators of institutions had laid down. most of all of them was to have a ""perfect"" Society the rich man's Pastime game. the ""summum bonum"" they think they are more moral than you, thus you should obey the theory of government and laws to help you reach that. to be honest the Leviathan are the very people claiming to help you while getting rich lol all the top role models rn. path to hell is wide. the goal and problem is the soul. what is it? how do you have it? the Leviathan thinks you are soulless and can now do whatever it wants to you but like all the other times in the bible when the Jews are in slavery if they saw that they had left God and vehemently sought him and repented they could free themselves of the Leviathan to a degree that they were under God. hard to claim to understand if you really just don't get it . but that's the oldest trope maybe they just did it wrong. lmao
Similar to Marxism working from definitions, all of which are inadequately buttressed
@@Experimental-Unit you are addicted to making points that are very thin but would impress facile grad students.
@@VarnVlog lol you tail me