Benjamin Cain
Jul 23, 2023

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No, Hobbes agreed with the assumptions of liberals on the rights of individuals, but he differed with democrats in arguing that the best way to protect those rights, given also a naturalistic view of things, is to scare the masses into submission via an autocracy. We're seeing this aspect of liberalism play out in the alt-right backlash against liberalism and democracy.

But anyway, this is a quibble that doesn't undercut my overall argument about the limits of liberalism in addressing the Nietzschean problem of God's death.

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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