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John Gray- Living in a Hobbesian world at BRLSI

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Queen Sqaure, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2HN

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Season (5 May 2026)
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Tuesday19:30 - 21:00

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Philosophy - In his masterpiece Leviathan, published in 1651, Thomas Hobbes tried to present a way out from what he described as "a state of nature"—a condition in which order has broken down in society. His solution was a type of government that placed peace over all other values.

In a highlight of BRLSIs the Renaissance: Journeys of Discovery programme, Professor John Gray, columnist for The New Statesman and author of Straw Dogs, The Silence of Animals and The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism asks, 'How far is Hobbes's picture of human conflict still valid, and is the remedy he proposed viable today?'

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