The natural equality of men is a primary and incontrovertible fact with which modern political theory has to deal. The awareness of the "original" power of individuals thus pushes Hobbes to outline a theory of the limits of power (and of the "duties of the sovereign"), which Spinoza will translate into a republican and democratic political proposal. The themes of libertas philosophandi, repression and cultural control (which we study through some disputationes academicae written against Spinoza in the 18th century) can be read as a metaphor for the changes that new social and political subjectivities impose on modernity.

How to prevent repression. Equality and natural right in Hobbes, Spinoza and some critics / Benigni, Fiormichele. - In: DIANOIA. - ISSN 1125-1514. - XXV:31(2020)(2020).

How to prevent repression. Equality and natural right in Hobbes, Spinoza and some critics

Fiormichele Benigni
2020

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The natural equality of men is a primary and incontrovertible fact with which modern political theory has to deal. The awareness of the "original" power of individuals thus pushes Hobbes to outline a theory of the limits of power (and of the "duties of the sovereign"), which Spinoza will translate into a republican and democratic political proposal. The themes of libertas philosophandi, repression and cultural control (which we study through some disputationes academicae written against Spinoza in the 18th century) can be read as a metaphor for the changes that new social and political subjectivities impose on modernity.
2020
Hobbes; Spinoza
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How to prevent repression. Equality and natural right in Hobbes, Spinoza and some critics / Benigni, Fiormichele. - In: DIANOIA. - ISSN 1125-1514. - XXV:31(2020)(2020).
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