Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:35:22 -0600
Subject: Re: More on Modernism, Reason and Myth


Sorry, I didn't mean to say that Hobbes defended the divine right of kings,
but rather that he was concerned to defend absolute monarchy. Don't know
what I was thinking. I can't see the initial introduction of the idea of
the social contract as anything other than an attempt to instill political
quietism by the force of reason, since the force of religion seemed to be
insufficient.

Why are you once again following the sophistic technique of picking on the
least significant of the criticisms I made? What about the weakness of your
method and mode of argumentation (strictly analogic, not logical), and what
about the relevance? Why does what Hobbes thought or didn't think have
anything to do with how we should view the role of myth 300 years later?

Rahul




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