"Understanding Thomas Hobbes' Philosophy with Will Durant"

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  • Опубліковано 17 тра 2015
  • Will Durant---The Philosophy of Thomas HobbesDelve into the philosophical insights of Thomas Hobbes, one of the most influential thinkers of the early modern period, with the esteemed historian, Will Durant, as your guide. In this enlightening video, Durant explores Hobbes' political philosophy, his concept of the social contract, and his impact on political theory.
    📜 Explore Durant's insightful commentary as he navigates the following key aspects of Thomas Hobbes' philosophy:
    Hobbes' early life and the historical context of the English Civil War
    The concept of the state of nature and the need for political authority
    Hobbes' seminal work, "Leviathan," and its exploration of the social contract
    The role of government in maintaining social order and preventing chaos
    Hobbes' influence on later political philosophers and his contributions to modern political thought
    "A bunt nominalist "

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  • @VOTEDCUO
    @VOTEDCUO 2 роки тому +21

    “A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators “

  • @YawehthedragondogofEL
    @YawehthedragondogofEL 9 років тому +21

    "If he had read as much as other men, he should have known no more than they." I like that.

  • @Mila-tf9vw
    @Mila-tf9vw 2 роки тому +2

    ah thanks so much . love it

  • @michaelhebert7338
    @michaelhebert7338 7 років тому +2

    thanks for sharing

  • @TwistedMarksman
    @TwistedMarksman 11 місяців тому +1

    4:44 Logic and Psychology
    14:15 Ethics and Politics
    25:46 Religion and the State
    31:55 Baiting the Bear

  • @Hambastegy
    @Hambastegy 2 роки тому +1

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @alanbird7803
    @alanbird7803 5 місяців тому +1

    From the thumbnail I thought this was about David Crosby.

  • @africandawahrevival
    @africandawahrevival 26 днів тому +1

    Hobbes is based 😎

  • @Robsay01
    @Robsay01 Рік тому +1

    Hobbes was a tennis player into his 70s.

    • @Kyushu314
      @Kyushu314 10 днів тому

      My father, who is now 102 played tennis well into his 80s. Maybe this is a good idea?

  • @DawsonSWilliams
    @DawsonSWilliams Рік тому +1

    Hobbes becomes greater with time.

  • @benquinney2
    @benquinney2 5 років тому +2

    Knowledge of consequences

  • @activistmalpractice
    @activistmalpractice 16 днів тому +1

    Angry David Crosby has a lot to say!

  • @davidburton3016
    @davidburton3016 3 роки тому +2

    It matters not whether Hobbes was objectively correct or not but that most of our world be rulers believe in seeing things as Hobbes saw them. Best

  • @Rico-Suave_
    @Rico-Suave_ 9 місяців тому

    Watched all of it 44:29

  • @franklinfalco9069
    @franklinfalco9069 6 років тому +8

    Hobbes may not have been exactly right but there are still things we can learn from him.

  • @xmaseveeve5259
    @xmaseveeve5259 Рік тому

    This one is too quiet.

  • @doublenegation7870
    @doublenegation7870 5 років тому +6

    Hobbes, born of fear, turned the circumstances of his birth into the general condition of mankind.

    • @abhimanyukarnawat7441
      @abhimanyukarnawat7441 4 роки тому +8

      Shut the fuck up hegelian, schopenhauer burned your charlatan ass.

    • @doublenegation7870
      @doublenegation7870 3 роки тому +3

      @@abhimanyukarnawat7441 Schopenhauer had empty classes and owned poodles that he adorned with ribbons like a pathetic little
      b i t c h

    • @DawsonSWilliams
      @DawsonSWilliams Рік тому +1

      Methinks the endless religious wars of the 17th century, in conjunction with his readings of Thucydides, proved more integral to his world-view.

  • @properpolymath2097
    @properpolymath2097 6 місяців тому

    That's not Hobbes, it's David Crosby

    • @DurantandFriends
      @DurantandFriends  6 місяців тому

      I think you are right, it does look like David Crosby, I think I am going to change it at some point, I just need to find the time.

  • @markcummings9511
    @markcummings9511 3 роки тому +1

    Ż

  • @erglelergle8476
    @erglelergle8476 Рік тому

    Allergy to fire. Lol.

  • @GhostofFHBradley
    @GhostofFHBradley 2 місяці тому +1

    _Leviathan_ was fine, but his best work was with Stills and Nash.

    • @planksip
      @planksip 2 місяці тому

      You know, I really do love that joke. I've repeatedly considered changing the thumbnail so that it doesn't look like David, but now it's just worth hanging on to.

    • @GhostofFHBradley
      @GhostofFHBradley 2 місяці тому

      @@planksip Please keep it! I like the thought of Hobbes as an old hippy with a beautiful voice.

  • @stephenkirby1264
    @stephenkirby1264 8 років тому +3

    To ‘see beyond the pale’... No it does not mean to pick up a perspective that is different than the white anglo-saxon ‘Murican whiteness perspective which you now utilize to make all your ‘insignificant’ decisions… since all your decisions are insignificant relative to the size of the hole you have to repair in the ‘knowledge’ gap you possess in the files in your subconscious mind… In much earlier times, a pale was a big wooden stake used as an outside wall component in a fortress-like enclosure… and to ‘see beyond the pale’ meant you could experience, by your sense of sight, things that existed outside of your small fortress-like structure, ‘seeing’ beyond the seeming entirety of your world... That's what is meant by “seeing beyond the pale” And doing just that... will yield for you your individual human enlightenment… put that way... it sounds pretty easy... but let me forewarn you... it is the hardest work you will ever do… but the ‘knowledge’, the intensely personal reward is... like the little elf would say; “It's Magically Delic---”... “Its actually deliciously, wonderfully, imagination-ingly, intellectually, creatively, comedically, ‘knowledge-ingly, the best “Thing” that has ever happened inside me… yes, the best “Thing” that has ever happened inside me… I ‘know’ this for me… and you could ‘know’ this for you… just… dare to think you can think for yourself...dare to know that you absolutely can… until you do… and then we will be ‘equals’...

  • @lewisalmeida3495
    @lewisalmeida3495 6 років тому +2

    Awake-state of being is a higher level of consciousness. The ego is a zombie-like state of unconscious. A method to awaken is through Spinoza’s acknowledging of our understanding: great effort is required for its improvement. WayofSpinoza.com #Gurdjieff #Spinoza #Einstein