Focusing on the subject of religion, this article analyses the presence of Lucretius as an “inter-text” between the work of Montaigne and Hobbes. Its aim is to recompose the mosaic of modernity thanks to a philosophical discourse about the eternal importance of religious and theological themes with respect to their ethical consequences. Turning toward Hobbes – with the hermeneutic goal of understanding his philosophical and political exploration of the theme of religion – invites us to follow a path that we could define as that of a Lucretian Montaigne, and which frequently obliges us to turn back and retrace our steps.
«Primus in orbe deos fecit timor». Religion et imposture chez Montaigne et Hobbes
PANICHI, NICOLA
2016
Abstract
Focusing on the subject of religion, this article analyses the presence of Lucretius as an “inter-text” between the work of Montaigne and Hobbes. Its aim is to recompose the mosaic of modernity thanks to a philosophical discourse about the eternal importance of religious and theological themes with respect to their ethical consequences. Turning toward Hobbes – with the hermeneutic goal of understanding his philosophical and political exploration of the theme of religion – invites us to follow a path that we could define as that of a Lucretian Montaigne, and which frequently obliges us to turn back and retrace our steps.File in questo prodotto:
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