“Do not believe every spirit!” Hobbes y el discernimiento de espíritus en el "Leviathan"

  • Patricio González Sidders Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_INGE.2015.v9.51545
Keywords: Thomas Hobbes, Discernment of spirits, Prophecy, Spirit, Authority, Religious enthusiasm

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show that Thomas Hobbes suggests an original understanding of the doctrine of the discernment of spirits (discretio spirituum) in the Leviathan. I claim that, from a radical reading of the concepts of spirit and prophecy in the Bible, the philosopher of Malmesbury proposes a discernment of allegiances as a way to control prophecy inside the State.

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González Sidders P. (2015). “Do not believe every spirit!” Hobbes y el discernimiento de espíritus en el "Leviathan". Ingenium. Revista Electrónica de Pensamiento Moderno y Metodología en Historia de las Ideas, 9, 127-149. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_INGE.2015.v9.51545
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