"Striving, Happiness, and the Good: Spinoza as Follower and Critic of Hobbes"

In A Blackwell Companion to Hobbes. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 431 – 447 (2021)
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It is often noted that Spinoza’s conception of striving (conatus) reflects the influence of Hobbes. While this is undoubtedly true, in this chapter I explore how an important difference in how Hobbes and Spinoza understand “striving” drives a wedge between them, resulting in remarkably different views of goodness, happiness, liberty, and the function of the state.

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