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History of Ideas: Hobbes on the State
TALKING POLITICS
What Did Hobbes Do in His Life?
Leviathan is intellectually and politically, completely fearless. That's what makes it such a jolting book. It was an incredibly dangerous thing for him to write. Hobbes became known as a kind of atheist. In the 17th century, atheism literally could kill you. So to be Hobbes was to be fearful, and also absolutely fearless. And it's the fearless Hobbes who wrote Leviathan.
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