Thomas Hobbes, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Erasmus of Rotterdam step out of the time machine into the fabled city of Taxila, Pakistan (6th century BCE)
As the time machine comes to a screeching halt, a puff of smoke fills the air in Taxila, Pakistan, transporting three perplexed figures from different eras of history. Emerging from the fog are Thomas Hobbes, the pessimistic philosopher; Percy Bysshe Shelley, the romantic poet; and Erasmus of Rotterdam, the humanist scholar. The bewildering scenery leaves them momentarily stunned. Hobbes, with…
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