Leviathan

The Abolition of Man: What evidence could C.S. Lewis draw from “Leviathan” to support this description of the substance and implications of Hobbes’s argument? Evaluate this claim.

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The Abolition of Man After having read “The Abolition of Man,” by C.S Lewis and “Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes this is the questioned probed: C.S. Lewis could argue that Thomas Hobbes is a “conditioner,” whose aim is (whether he avows it or not) the “Abolition of man.” What evidence could C.S. Lewis draw from “Leviathan” … Read more

A chat in the Berkshires: write a Socratic dialogue in which Aristotle attempts to persuade hobbes that the fact that humans all pursue their most recent desires and call that “good” does not mean that philosophers cannot identify a rational criterion of “good” in nature.

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A chat in the Berkshires Aristotle and Thomas Hobbes are taking a hike in the Berkshires. Aristotle has just read Leviathan. Write a Socratic dialogue in which Aristotle attempts to persuade Hobbes that the fact that humans all pursue their most recent desires and call that “good” does not mean that philosophers cannot identify a … Read more