Leviathan, Part 1
Submitted by stephensolow on December 21, 2008
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Leviathan, Part 1
The opening of Leviathan is devoted to outlining the mechanics of the human mind and to explaining the phenomena of sense perception, understanding, and processes of thought. Hobbes bases all his claims in his materialist conception of the universe as a plenum, filled with matter. All natural activity results from material bodies moving and colliding with one another, transferring motion from one body to another. All our sense perceptions result from material bodies colliding with our eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or body. The motions of the bodies with which we collide set off a series of motions between our sensory organs and our brain. Any body, once set in motion, will remain in motion...
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