Did we know this about Hobbes?, OR more depth to a TRP parody figure

[Michael Bailey]

 Mark Kohut wrote:
> Thomas Hobbes's influential political treatise, Leviathan, was first published in 1651. Many scholars have since credited him with a mechanistic outlook towards human nature that established the basis of modern Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.
>


"canst thou draw out Leviathan with an hook?" (King James Bible - love
that, "an hook"!)

non-rigorous Hobbes scoffing:
here's the thing: aren't most political philosophies based on an extended
metaphor?  And if this is the case, aren't they inferior to fiction, which can
take in and put out multiple metaphors?


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-- "Nonetheless.  Nonetheless.  None.  The.  Less!" - Loudon Trott to
Nicky Finn (in "Who's That Girl")