5 juin 1639 - HOBBES

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Hobbes defines Philosophy as the knowledge of effects by means of the concepts of their causes. By this he identifies it with Deductive
Science based on observation and reason. For reason, Logic is important to seek the cause-to-effect pathways.

• Hobbes’ doctrine is Exclusive Egoism (Ego being the “soul”). All men, he says, are equal by nature; they possess equal powers of
self-defense and similar tastes. Except for specially surprised condition, men are in war with men (MAN IS THE WOLF OF MAN).
In this state of mind nothing is right or wrong. Force and fraud are in war with the two cardinal virtues. But when they become rational, then peace comes. Without social harmony happiness is impossible