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In the late 1980s, the waning years of the Cold War, 1 read The Open Society and Its Enemies. Read Book IV and you will be taught that sex is just coital friction, a purely physical phenomenon in which no reasonable person (having become convinced of the truth of materialism) invests emotional attachments. Read Book IIT and you will learn that the soul is material, and it dies with the body, making death nothing to fear. Whereas Lucretius articulates a therapy that promises a tranquil soul untroubled by hopes and undisturbed by ideals, Hobbes theorizes the conditions for a tranquil body politic.

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Subject
Critical thinking;
Morality;
Oppression;
Philosophy;
Books;
Materialism;
Philosophers
People
Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir (1902-1994); Epicurus (341-270 BC); Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
Title
The Love Society and Its Enemies
Author
Anonymous
Publication title
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; New York
Pages
65-66
Number of pages
3
Publication year
2025
Publication date
May 2025
Publisher
Institute of Religion and Public Life
Place of publication
New York
Country of publication
United States
Publication subject
Religions And Theology
ISSN
10475141
e-ISSN
19455097
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Feature
ProQuest document ID
3273917097
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/love-society-enemies/docview/3273917097/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright Institute of Religion and Public Life 2025
Last updated
2025-11-25
Database
ProQuest One Academic