Podcasts Education General Philosophy 2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury

2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury

Published: March 16, 2010, 5:10 p.m.

Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The Monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.