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Thomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes ( / hɒbz / HOBZ; 5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. [4] He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
Thomas Hobbes (born April 5, 1588, Westport, Wiltshire, England—died December 4, 1679, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire) was an English philosopher, scientist, and historian, best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his masterpiece Leviathan (1651). Hobbes viewed government primarily as a device for ensuring collective ...
- Tom Sorell
- Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, scientist, and historian best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his master...
- Hobbes’s father was a quick-tempered vicar who, disgraced after engaging in a brawl at his own church door, disappeared, abandoning his three child...
- For nearly the whole of his adult life, Thomas Hobbes was employed by members of the wealthy and aristocratic Cavendish family and their associates...
- Thomas Hobbes’s political philosophy influenced not only successors who adopted the social-contract framework—John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an...
Mar 11, 2009 · Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), whose current reputation rests largely on his political philosophy, was a thinker with wide-ranging interests. In philosophy, he defended a range of materialist, nominalist, and empiricist views against Cartesian and Aristotelian alternatives. In physics, his work was influential on Leibniz, and led him into ...
Feb 12, 2002 · Hobbes’s Moral and Political Philosophy. First published Tue Feb 12, 2002; substantive revision Mon Sep 12, 2022. The 17 th Century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is now widely regarded as one of a handful of truly great political philosophers, whose masterwork Leviathan rivals in significance the political writings of Plato, Aristotle ...
- Sharon A. Lloyd, Susanne Sreedhar
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Nov 27, 2023 · Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher who famously summarised his pessimistic view of human nature in his greatest work, Leviathan, published in 1651. Hobbes believed that the life of humanity in the state of nature is short and brutish, a situation that can be mitigated by people coming together and handing over some of their ...
- Mark Cartwright
- Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher known for his work Leviathan where he presents a negative view of human nature and calls for a strong gove...
- Thomas Hobbes' main ideas include: people act out of self-interest, they consequently form a social contract (society) to protect themselves, and a...
- Thomas Hobbes was important in the Enlightenment because he was one of the first thinkers to remove the Church from state affairs. His idea of a so...
Aug 8, 2023 · Thomas Hobbes was born in Westport, adjoining Malmesbury, England, on April 5, 1588. His father was the disgraced vicar of a local parish, and in the wake of the precipitating scandal (caused by ...
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An overview of the life, times, and main ideas of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who is best known for his political thought. Learn about his vision of the world, his problem of social and political order, his controversial view of human nature, and his influence on modern political philosophy.
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