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Martin Kmín Posted 20 years ago
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Hobbes begs explanation

0 Hi, this is an excerpt from A History of Political Theory, an article on Thomas Hobbes, I cannot get the meaning of the underlined phrase, please, help me, buddies:02br
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00 There are two principles in human nature, he says, desire and reason. The first hurries men on to take for themselves what other men want and so embroils them with each other, while reason teaches them to "01u01b00fly a contranatural dissolution.02b02u00"0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Martin Kmín12cite 10There are two principles in human nature, he says, desire and reason. 12b 12u 10"12br 12blockquote 10I'm guessing: 02br 02br 00reason teaches them to try to escape their own unnatural (as opposed to natural) destruction02br 02br 00We want what we want, but we also have some ability to see the destructive consequences of unlimited desire at work. 0-

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Martin Kmín12cite 10There are two principles in human nature, he says, desire and reason.
  • 12b 12u 10"12br 12blockquote 10I'm guessing: 02br 02br 00reason teaches them to try to escape their own unnatural (as opposed to natural) destruction02br 02br 00We want what we want, but we also have some ability to see the destructive consequences of unlimited desire at work.
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01cite10Martin Kmín12cite10There are two principles in human nature, he says, desire and reason. The first hurries men on to take for themselves what other men want and so embroils them with each other, while reason teaches them to "11u11b10fly a contranatural dissolution.12b12u10"12br
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0 Sure, it does. Thanks a lot.0-
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