Thomas Hobbes on the De Mundo and the Limits of Philosophy

• In Event: The Limits of Political Thought

Brief Overview

The paper reviews Hobbes’ under-examined reply to the De Mundo, as a potential source of explanation for why Leviathan emphasizes persuasion and passion, despite Hobbes’ claim to be founding politics on the unshakeable precision of the new sciences.

Author

• Amy Chandran, Harvard University