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"Politics should be the application of the science Of man to the construction of the community" Explain this remark and discuss what reasons there might be for thinking it is not true
In this essay I intend to examine the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes, in particular their ideas ....
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.... Hobbes believes that thoughts are material, that they are caused by sense and vice versa.
Tom Sorrell suggests in his essay, entitled "Hobbes' scheme of the sciences", that rather than have knowledge of how the mechanics of the mind's passions work, a more successful way of gaining political knowledge is to understand what these passions cause. They cause various degrees of action, with the possessor going to various extents to achieve what they want.
In chapter six of "De Corpere", Hobbes makes a connection between the knowledge of the principles of politics and the k ....
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