A Conversation between Vaclav Havel, Thomas Hobbes and John Lock on Essay

A Conversation between Vaclav Havel, Thomas Hobbes and John Lock on the Idea of Liberty - Essay usageThat these inalienable rights come from god but at the same time destroy him.HAVEL not inescapably destroy him, but at least to change our view of what he is. That is what I mean by talking about the Anthropic Cosmological Principal. HOBBES Ah yes, the idea that the universe . . . . What is that word you usedHAVEL Evolved.HOBBES And I resume from the context that it means how the universe came about - you are appriseing that it developed over timeHAVEL Exactly.HOBBES The Bible says it was created in seven days.LOCKE Or rather seven units of time - we are not entirely sure of the translation, certainly you know that.HOBBES But the Bible is infallible . . . HAVEL Gentlemen, gentlemen, it is difficult enough to talk about politics on its won, with getting into the territory of politics and religion.(All three men laugh)HOBBES But seriously, your whole speech seemed to be armorial b earing in that direction. The idea of this self-transc terminateence - that all human existences are somehow linked to the universe by being reflected in it. The idea that of all the possible universes that God might have created, He chose this one . . . LOCKE Or evolved, I like the idea of that. I must read more about it.HOBBES Evolved then. That this one evolved rather than all the . . . LOCKE I feel, thinking about it, that the two are not mutually exclusive.HOBBES Meaning LOCKE This knowledge that I am said to have created in England, it was based upon the idea of science, that things could be explained but that did not necessarily suggest that God does not exist. It merely showed how wonderful His universe is.HAVEL Thats exactly the point. It doesnt really take whether God exists or not . . . HOBBES I must protest.HAVEL All that matters is that we are anchored on.... .LOCKE This Enlightenment that I am said to have created in England, it was based upon the idea of science, t hat things could be explained but that did not necessarily suggest that God does not exist. It merely showed how wonderful His universe is.HAVEL True. This take, it was published in newspapers all over the gentlemans gentleman and showed people how very small the world is, how we are lost in the blackness of space and how we should catch our present course of constant wars.HOBBES Of course not the individual will look at this photograph and then forget about it in the next moment. Most people are only refer with their immediate life their family, friends, job, getting food on the table. They dont have the time for this kind of thing.HOBBES Exactly. And at the end of your speech you said (taking a copy of it from his pocket) yes, the only real hope of people today is belike a renewal of our certainty that we are rooted in the earth and, at the same time, in the cosmos. I think that seems to say that your modern philosopher was right when he said, only a God basis save us now.