The Fear Behind the Fear of Death in Hobbes's Leviathan

• In Event: At the Cornerstone of Modernity: Machiavelli & Hobbes

Brief Overview

In this paper, I argue that by the time he wrote Leviathan, Hobbes considered the persuasiveness of his project to depend upon an understanding of the self and the body, rather than the fear of violent death.

Author

• Rachel Wagner, University of Toronto