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2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury
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12 minutes
Released:
Mar 16, 2010
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Podcast episode
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Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The Monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.
Released:
Mar 16, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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