Human Nature and the Construction of the StateHuman Nature and the Construction of the State: Hobbes and Spinozza

Time: 26th August, 9.00 am – 5 pm

Place: Muniment Room, Main Quad, University of Sydney

Organiser: Anik Waldow

Speakers:

9.15-10.30 Duncan Ivison (Sydney): "Hobbesian Liberty”

10.30-10-45 Morning Tea

10.45-12.00 Daniel Garber (Princeton): "Hobbes vs. Spinoza on Human Nature"

12.00-1.15 Moira Gatens (Sydney): "Spinoza on Human Nature … As It Really Is …"

Lunch

2.15-3.30 Michael LeBuffe (Otago): "Hobbes and Spinoza on the Individual and the State"

3.45-5.00 Beth Lord (Aberdeen): "Debt, Charity, and Redistribution in Spinoza’s State"

This event has been made possible with the support of the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science and the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry of the University of Sydney.

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