VITAL FORCE AND ANIMAL MOVEMENTS: motivation of human actions on the philosophy of Hobbes<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v2i2.10858"><i> <b>[doi: 10.7443/problemata.v2i2.10858]</b></i></a>

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  • Gerson Vasconcelos Luz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v2i2.10858

Keywords:

Hobbes, matéria, movimentos, ação, autoconservação.

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper aims at investigating the reasons for human actions based on the concepts of vital force and animal movements in the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the central focus of interest of the agent, in this case relates to the preservation of himself and other desiderata around the self-preservation. In view of Hobbes, animal bodies, as is the case of man, are made up of two types of movements: one is called life (starts with the generation and continues without interruption throughout life) and the other animals (featured in acts to walk, talk, move members of the body). Since the whole body, once in motion tends to move forever unless something or some force to make it stop, so the movement animals and vital movement tend necessarily once in motion, to remain in such condition kinetic. It is, apparently, around this idea that underlies all human actions.

KEY WORDS: Hobbes, matter, motion, action, self-preservation.

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Published

2011-11-19

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011)

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