Contents
Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651.
Part I. Of Man.
Chap. I. Of Sense. (continued.)
(Hobbes 1651: 3)
First of all, Hobbes examines the ‘Thoughts of man’ anatomically, but he descrives it in two stages: ‘Singly’ and ‘in Trayne’. Thus, Hobbes does not merely enumerate the various organs, but elevates anatomy to a philosophy by showing how the organs are interconnected.
Hobbes refers to ‘Thoughts of man’ as ‘Representation’ or ‘Apparance’ and ‘Objects’. But are these really what we can call ‘Thoughts’? Shouldn't these be distinguished from ‘Thoughts’? Hegel, for example, clearly distinguishes between ‘Representation’(Vorstellung) or ‘Apparence’(Schein or Erscheinung) and ‘Thoughts of man’(Gedanken des Menschen), and these cannot be placed in the same category. For Hegel, ‘Thought’(Gedanke) is more deeper than ‘Representation’(Vorstellung).
