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HOBBES VS ROUSSEAU
Hobbes
1588–1679
What is is not what must be.
Rousseau
1712–1778
What is is not what must be.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Hobbes and Rousseau are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 5 / 10Hobbes: 0/10Rousseau: 5/10
clearly (5/10): Rousseau is more open to mystical or apophatic depths; Hobbes stays within what reason can name.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 4 / 10Hobbes: 9/10Rousseau: 5/10
clearly (4/10): Hobbes trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Rousseau does.
- Will to PowerΔ 3 / 10Hobbes: 8/10Rousseau: 5/10
somewhat (3/10): Hobbes emphasises shaping and self-overcoming; Rousseau weighs acceptance or context more.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Trust in Experiencegap 0 / 10Hobbes: 8/10Rousseau: 8/10
Both lean strongly into trust in experience.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 1 / 10Hobbes: 5/10Rousseau: 6/10
Both register moderate embodied sensibility.
- Theoretical Drivegap 1 / 10Hobbes: 7/10Rousseau: 6/10
Both register moderate theoretical drive.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 1
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 3
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 1
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 5
- Practical OrientationΔ 2
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
- Self as IllusionΔ 1
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 2
- Sovereign SelfΔ 3
- Theoretical DriveΔ 1
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 4
- Tragic VisionΔ 1
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 2
- Vital AffirmationΔ 2
- Will to PowerΔ 3
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