Horkheimer Collection: Critique of Civilization

Author: Cao Weidong (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Hobbes believed that accepting the promise of the Old Testament that Christ would become the savior as a tenet is a sufficient condition for happiness; if one could make people acknowledge obedience to the commandments, they could attain eternal happiness. We can find this conclusion in the important dialogue of "Crito": "I have long agreed with your view. If people accept the guidance of ministers and nobles who have mastered formal principles in university during their youth, they would be very willing to obey. Moreover, if the university itself does not do so..."