Reason in Hobbes' "Leviathan" (Part One)

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Reading ch. 5 in Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651) to see how a materialist empiricist with a highly restrictive view of what counts as real knowledge tries to account for our ability to reason. Read along with us (start on p. 16). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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