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Hobbes Vs Berkeley

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George Berkeley and Thomas Hobbes, two influential philosophers from the seventeenth century, both proposed two very different metaphysical theories of human nature. Hobbes proposed the metaphysical view that matter is all there is in the universe. Leading him to purpose the materialistic view of human nature. Additionally, Hobbes suggested that are mental states can be explained through mechanical terms. Hobbes claims we are all complicated machines and therefore all mankind is made of matter. However, for Berkeley materialist philosophers, such as Hobbes, to him left no room for god. Berkley instead expanded on the metaphysical claim of Idealism. Berkeley held the view that all we know about in the world are our sensations. As a matter of
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