Early version. Transcripts and tags are labelled by accuracy tier. A position is shown only after two independent reviews have found it in his own words.
Mufti Abu Layth ArchiveBeta
Subscribe on YouTube Support on Patreon

Sources and names › Person › Thomas Hobbes

Person

Thomas Hobbes

Cited in 2 segments across 1 recording · 2019 · person/person:thomas-hobbes

Citing segments

Newest first. Each opens the whole segment, not a bare quote.
4 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti What is liberalism, and do liberals have to follow John Locke? Liberalism is essentially a stance against authoritarianism, not allegiance to historical philosophers. Agreeing with Locke on one point does not make anyone a Christian or bind them to his whole philosophy. Discussionposition checkedMohammed HijabJohn LockeThomas HobbesJean-Jacques Rousseau machine6 min 19 s6:24on YouTube
4 Aug 2019From the Mind of a Mufti 'Islam gave these rights first' and blinding people with jargon Mufti Abu Layth addresses the lecture's point that Islam gave rights such as voting 1,400 years before the suffragettes, saying that is fine to mention but people alive in 2019 will ask why Muslim rulings are still backward today, so it is nothing to gloat about. He criticises dropping philosophical names and terms that impress those who do not know them but make Muslims look weaker to those who do, as some did in arguments for God, and parodies such jargon. He says a real discussion would define liberalism and admit that some fascist versions of it exist and can be dangerous, but that liberalism is an attitude against imposed authority, not a separate religion. He concludes that the lecture was a straw man resting on Locke, Hobbes and Kant, and hopes Mohammed Hijab might reflect on it. Discussionposition checkedMohammed HijabJohn LockeThomas HobbesImmanuel Kant machine6 min 08 s37:17on YouTube