Thomas Hobbes Summary

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  • 4 Encyclopedia Articles
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Encyclopedia Articles (4)

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Hobbes, Thomas HOBBES, THOMAS (1588–1679) features in intellectual histories as a philosopher and a political theorist and his Leviathan as one of the most important political treatises ever wr... Read more
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Hobbes, Thomas Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was born in Westport, England, on April 5, the son of a clergyman; he was a contemporary of Shakespeare. Hobbes developed a moral and political philosop... Read more
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Hobbes, Thomas(1588–1679) Thomas Hobbes, often called the father of modern analytic philosophy, was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England. Hobbes later enjoyed jesting about the significance o... Read more
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Hobbes, Thomas [addendum] Life Thomas Hobbes, still widely regarded as the greatest of English philosophers, was born on April 5, 1588, in Malmesbury, England, the son of a clergyman who later disappe... Read more