Primus in orbe deos fecit timor Religion et imposture chez Montaigne et Hobbes

Focusing on the subject of religion, this article analyses the presence of Lucretius as an “inter-text” between the work of Montaigne and Hobbes. Its aim is to recompose the mosaic of modernity thanks to a philosophical discourse about the eternal importance of religious and theological themes with respect to their ethical consequences. Turning toward Hobbes – with the hermeneutic goal of understanding his philosophical and political exploration of the theme of religion – invites us to follow a path that we could define as that of a Lucretian Montaigne, and which frequently obliges us to turn back and retrace our steps.