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Hobbes

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Hobbes  (hbz), Thomas 1588-1679.
English philosopher and political theorist best known for his book Leviathan (1651), in which he argues that the only way to secure civil society is through universal submission to the absolute authority of a sovereign.
Hobbesi·an adj.
Hobbes [hɒbz]
n
(Biographies / Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) M, English, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Thomas. 1588-1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty
Hobbesian  n & adj
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Noun1.HobbesHobbes - English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
Thomas Hobbes


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He would make a good secretary, now, like Hobbes, Milton, Swift--that sort of man.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
His favorite poets were Horace and Pope; his chosen philosophers, Hobbes and Voltaire.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
How these roots acquired their meanings is not known, but a conventional origin is clearly just as mythical as the social contract by which Hobbes and Rousseau supposed civil government to have been established.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
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