is he worth reading for anything other than history of political philosophy? like, is his human understanding stuff interesting/important/better than an sep summary?
>>8890497
Just don't tell him what he Kant and Kant do
>>8890497
Thomas Hobbes is better
>>8890502
for what
>>8890507
Locke derives much of his thought from Hobbes, except Hobbes wasn't really a liberal. Their natural philosophies are similar except Hobbes is more of a rationalist than an empiricist.
>>8890518
but i mean are you just talking political philosophy? or does hobbes have some important epistemology he lays out that will flow into locke and then kant?
>>8890523
Hobbes's leads almost directly into Locke yes. I'd recommend reading him first.
>>8890531
alright thanks - what work
>>8890537
De Cive and Leviathan are his key works
>>8890541
ive read leviathan, de cive sounds pretty similar.