EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025

Closereads: Hobbes on Liberty

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

Sign up for Closereads at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy to get previous and future installments of this podcast. On Leviathan (1651), ch. 21, "On the Liberty of Subjects." Thomas Hobbes is known for defending absolute monarchy, so as you'd predict, he's not going to say we have a lot of "natural" liberties. The post Closereads: Hobbes on Liberty first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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