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Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.

Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history, geometry, physics of gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and political science. His account of human nature as self-interested cooperation has proved to be an enduring theory in the field of philosophical anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers who founded materialism.1

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Born 5 April 1588
Died 4 December 1679

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  • Cover of: Hobbes and Bramhall: on liberty and necessity

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the citizen

    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Behemoth: the history of the causes of the civil wars of England, and of the counsels and artifices by which they were carried on from the year 1640 to the year 1660

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Leviathan Parts I and II

    First published in 1958 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Leviatán, o La materia, forma y poder de una república, eclesiástica y civil

    First published in 1940 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The life of Mr. Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

    First published in 1680 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The correspondence

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Man and citizen: Thomas Hobbes's De homine

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thomas Hobbes Leviathan: a critical edition

    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Life of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Decameron physiologicum, or, Ten dialogues of natural philosophy

    First published in 1678 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Opera philosophica quæ latine scripsit omnia: in unum corpus nunc primum collecta studio et labore Gulielmi Molesworth ...

    First published in 1839 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Computatio, sive, Logica =: Logic

    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dialogus physicus, sive, De natura aeris: conjectura sumpta ab experimentis nuper Londini habitis in Collegio Greshamensi, item de duplicatione cubi

    First published in 1661 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Six lessons to the professors of the mathematiques: one of geometry the other of astronomy, in the chaires set up by the noble and learned Sir Henry Savile in the University of Oxford

    First published in 1656 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Problemata physica: adjunctae sunt etiam propositiones duae de duplicatione cubi, & dimensione circuli ...

    First published in 1662 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thomæ Hobbes Angli Malmesburiensis philosophi vita

    First published in 1681 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: De corpore politico, or, The elements of law, moral and politick: with discourses upon severall heads, as of [brace] the law of nature, oathes and covenants, several kinds of government : with the changes and revolutions of them

    First published in 1652 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Introduzione a "La guerra del Peloponneso" di Tucidide

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Philosophy of Hobbes in Extracts and Notes Collected from His Writings;

    First published in 2023 — 1 edition
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Born 5 April 1588
Died 4 December 1679

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Political science, The State, Natural law, Philosophy, History, Authority, Mathematics, English Philosophy, Geometry, Political science, early works to 1800, Physics, Hobbes, thomas, 1588-1679, Free will and determinism, State, the, Law, Ouvrages avant 1800, Science politique, État, Collected works, Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649, Oaths, Church history, Early works to 1700, Logic

Places

Great Britain, England, Peak District (England), Greece, Peak District

People

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Bramhall (1594-1663), John Wallis (1616-1703), Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Thomas White (1593-1676), Anthony à Wood (1632-1695), Aristotle, Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867- ,), Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867-1940), John Fell (1625-1686), John Fell Bp. of Oxford (1625-1686), John Wallis, John Wallis (1616-1703,), T. White, Thucydides, William D'Avenant Sir (1606-1668)

Time

Civil War, 1642-1649, Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660, Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, 17th century, Early works to 1800, 1642-1660, 1500-1800, Early modern, 1500-1700, Early works to 1850, Ouvrages avant 1700, Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

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Alternative names

  • THOMAS HOBBES
  • HOBBES, THOMAS, 1588-1679.
  • Thomas Hobbs Malmesburiensis
  • Thomas, Hobbs
  • Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
  • Hobbes Thomas 1588-1679
  • Thomas Hobbe
  • Thomas Thomas Hobbes
  • HOBBES THOMAS
  • Thomas Hobbess
  • Thomas HOBBES
  • Thomas 1588-1679 Hobbes
  • thomas hobbes

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January 16, 2025 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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January 2, 2018 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import