by broken robot » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:03 pm
it's fine to debate whether jesus was a socialist or not, biblical figures like all fictional/mythic characters express our own thoughts and understandings about the just ordering of society. fact: thomas hobbes' political theory was justified by the belief that eventually God's kingdom would reign, but until the time at which heaven was literally established on earth the sovereign would have absolute authority. the subsequent debates he got into with leading clerical figures had a big impact on politics.
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