Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Chapter 34 요약

줄거리

1. Hobbes defines body and substance as equivalent and rejects the idea of a substance without bodily existence.
2. He explains spirit through examples involving wind, understanding, courage, prediction, life, authority, and thin bodies.
3. He argues that God’s nature exceeds human understanding and that divine attributes express honor rather than knowledge.
4. He defines angels by their work as messengers and reads many Old Testament appearances as supernatural voices, dreams, or visions.
5. He accepts lasting, substantial angels on New Testament grounds but denies that these passages establish their lack of bodies.
6. He treats inspiration as figurative language for God’s gifts and action, not the literal entry of spirits into people.

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