Before revision: Iob 41:24" — The frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes' book Leviathan by Abraham Bosse (London, 1651) From this libertarian point of view, he drew nearer to Thomas Hobbes' scenario of the "war of every man against every man " (bellum omnium contra omnes) which Hobbes had described as the "natural condition of mankind" in his book Leviathan: From this natural human condition, which was banned by a religious fear of God (in Bosse's frontispiece made up by a crowd of people), Mendelssohn defined the role of the state (the left column under the sword) and the role of the religion (the right column under the crook) and the way, how they both had to be brought into harmony: The state gives orders and coerces; the religion educates and convinces; the state declares laws, religion offers precepts.
After revision: Iob 41:24" — The frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes' book Leviathan by Abraham Bosse (London, 1651) From this libertarian point of view, he drew nearer to Thomas Hobbes' scenario of the "war of all against all " (bellum omnium contra omnes) which Hobbes had described as the "natural condition of mankind" in his book Leviathan: From this natural human condition, which was banned by a religious fear of God (in Bosse's frontispiece made up by a crowd of people), Mendelssohn defined the role of the state (the left column under the sword) and the role of the religion (the right column under the crook) and the way, how they both had to be brought into harmony: The state gives orders and coerces; the religion educates and convinces; the state declares laws, religion offers precepts.