The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Hobbes on the Subject's Renunciation of Judgment
"Men, on Hobbes account, were to abandon the state of nature by renouncing the right to all things - that is, in effect, renouncing their own private right of judgment about what conduced to their preservation, except in such obvious and extreme cases that there could be no disagreement about the necessary means." Richard Tuck, "Introduction" to Hobbes' Leviathan (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p. xxx-xxxi.
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