English Enlightenment thinkers > French Enlightenment thinkers

The guy that said humans are chaotic evil and we need to an absolute monarch that controls every aspect of our life, despite the fact that the monarch will probably be just as evil as everyone else?

LOL

>>322364
he's right isn't he?

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Scottish Enlightenment was superior 2bh

Hobbes ripped off Francisco Suarez, read both if you don't believe me.

Spanish 16th century thinkers > English 17th century thinkers

>>322364
>says that humanity was born equal and free
>says this is a bad thing because that means they can be dicks to each other

so relevant to today

However, German Enlightenment is best Enlightenment.

>Calling Hobbes, a contemporary of Newton, an Enlightenment thinker.

A generation too early senpai

German>english>russian>italian>....>irish>welsh>french

>>322394

Suarez is extremely important for everyone in the 17th century. His influence is really understated. He is basically the missing link between Scholasticism and Early Modern Philosophy.

>>322312
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Fuck those reformist cunts.
They are the reason we aren't a fucking Republic and still have this ridiculous Royal Family.

Of with their fucking heads I say!

>>322394
This and only this. School of Salamanca > everything else

Hegel = Hobbes > Kant > Leibniz > >>>>> Descartes >>> Spinoza

>English Enlightenment

n/a

>>326206
Heraclitus = Plotinus = Lao Tzu > Popper >>>>>>>>> Rest of the Philosophical Canon

>>322386
what's with those cages

Enlightenment was basically a French thing, so nah.

>>326264
>Plotinus
>Not Proclus
>Jesus not mentioned once
>Popper and Plotinus on the same list
>2015

Plato is the best philosopher ever because he is right about everything.

>>326614
What did Plato think?

>>326621
Trees are trees because they partake in metaphysical treeness.

>>326621
Everything strives for an ideal form of itself.

Tree's included.

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>>323079
Lmao because that worked out so well for you guys last time

>>326636
>>326636
>>326650
>>326650
Did he believe in that?

>>326267
It keeps their ideas locked away

>>322312
>enlightenment
>enlightened

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>>326360
>>>Popper and Plotinus on the same list
>>2015
dis

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>>322312
>Grande
>Bretagne

>>322312

Hobbes was a fuck.

>>329445
Why do I find this funny

>>331178
Because Voltaire is a smug little shit. It's great.