Thomas Hobbes founded a theory of modern state, as he looked for a way to stop religious wars that afflicted Europe and England, in particular, in the 16th and 17th centuries. He based his theory on the fear of death that is common for most people.
246–247 China turns Communist
244–245 Saint Augustine
242–243 Manon Lescaut, the best love story
240–241 Michel Foucault, the death of author and archeology of knowledge
238–239 Don Quixote, madness and reason
236–237 The return of Martin Guerre
234–235 Cheese and worms
232–233 Peasants, Christians, and heretics
230–231 Renaissance art of memory
228–229 Thomas More and early English capitalism
226–227 Heidegger and crisis in science
224–225 Marx didn’t like capitalism
222–223 Europe and the people without history
220–221 When Poland disappeared
218–219 The Seven years’ war, the first global conflict
216–217 Women and war
214–215 Machiavelli, the Jesuits, and dishonesty in politics
212–213 Bonapartism, plebiscites and Napoleon III
210–211 Why Russia did not have the Renaissance
208–209 Charles V, the world emperor
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