The natural passions and voluntary human actions in Thomas Hobbes

Authors

  • Delmo Mattos da Silva

Keywords:

passions, human actions, conatus, determinism

Abstract

In this paper, I try to examine the reasons for rise and carry the human actions in Hobbes. First, evidence that human actions come from voluntary movements, and that such movements are in the process of human deliberation. Then discussed is the role of desire for voluntary actions, highlighting, in particular, as these actions are actions was free of "free agents". On this basis, it is possible to think as free shares in a state of natural freedom, become a hindrance to the philosopher in question, the conservation of life and to maintain security among men. It is therefore a brief exposition of the peculiarities of the "natural man" in the context of natural or free state of nature, as proposed by Hobbes.

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Published

2013-12-10

How to Cite

DA SILVA, D. M. The natural passions and voluntary human actions in Thomas Hobbes. Controvérsia (UNISINOS) - ISSN 1808-5253, São Leopoldo, v. 5, n. 2, p. 01–16, 2013. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/controversia/article/view/6692. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009)

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