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Thanks for the light read, Hobbes.
Well now. Just as I was beginning to think I grasped the readings of Arts 1, Leviathan had to make its way into my life and obliterate all hope of becoming scholarly. I literally have a permanent headache this week … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Leviathan, the Monster
Let me start off by saying that Leviathan is not only a sea monster, but the book itself is a bit of a monster, too. I have to say the lecture cleared some things up for me, though. I’ll be the first to admit that most pre-20th century political discourse is lost on me, this […] Continue reading →
leviathan and hobbes
first of all, my apologies were not attending lecture today! i woke up and felt really sick and decided that stuffing myself into crowded buses for 2 hours and then a lecture hall for 2 hours would not be good … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Springs, Strings, Wheels, and Government
I find Hobbes’ defence of materialism interesting. He doesn’t allow room for the existence of things that aren’t exclusively physical in nature, such as supernatural beings. So what about God? He’s “incorporeal” because his attributes aren’t something the human mind can comprehend. Okay, but then what about the human mind? He equates humans to biological […] Continue reading →
Silence: A Poem
I am eternal I have existed and will exist I am the first and the last Ever present and powerless I am empty in voice I am the voice of the empty I am mute and cannot speak Yet great … Continue reading → Continue reading →
I hate Hobbes
That is all.
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The Master and Margarita
When I first bought all of the books, I looked at “The Master and Margarita” and immediately dreaded reading it. Being on the thick side, I thought that the book was going to be extremely hard to get through. I am glad to be proven wrong. Although I found the first chapter of the book […] Continue reading →
Bulgakov on Doctor Faustus
The Master and Margarita is definitely my favourite of the works that we have studied thus far in Arts One. Many consider it to be one of the greatest novels of Russian literature, if not one of the greatest pieces of … Continue reading → Continue reading →
