… and political animal.’ For Hobbes, the human experience, at its core, was neither that of goodwill towards others nor of solitude, but one of violent sociality: men were in a constant state of conflict and competition, in confrontation even …
… Cirey. Madame Denis would claim the estate was situated in a cultural desert, the couple living ‘in frightfully inhumane solitude. 3 Yet they were not as isolated as Denis might have led us to believe. Though the two companionable lovers …