Hobbes on the passions and imagination: Tradition and modernity
This article introduces the doctrine of the passions in the Hobbesian work, showing its debt with tradition, especially the scholastic Aristotelian one, even if, at the same time, it offers some breach features with this tradition, which are also analysed. In addition, the fundamentals of imaginatio...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/192455 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/192455 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | ANIMAL MOTIONS AVERSION CONATUS DESIRE IMAGINATION PASSIONS PLEASURE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
| Summary: | This article introduces the doctrine of the passions in the Hobbesian work, showing its debt with tradition, especially the scholastic Aristotelian one, even if, at the same time, it offers some breach features with this tradition, which are also analysed. In addition, the fundamentals of imagination manifest themselves in the appetitive process, in Hobbes's doctrine as well as in the scholastic Aristotelian tradition, showing their similarities and differences. |
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