tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1128715635458504522005-10-07T21:07:00.000+01:002005-10-07T21:07:00.000+01:00Mike, I think that Pliable is playing with us. And while I don't think it actually refers to the Middle Ages, per se, (referring instead to general anarchy) the Hobbes quote is from Book XIII of Leviathan.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Hobbes first used the line to refer to clavichord/harpsichord music, and then he liked it so much, he used it again in his treatise.Garth Trinklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00952837886402774649noreply@blogger.com