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Thomas Hobbes

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Noun1.Thomas Hobbes - 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 - 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)


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Considered first are the outsiders--Pierre Gassendi, Sir Kenelm Digby, Theophilus Gale, Ralph Cudworth, and Nicholas Malebranche--followed by the insiders--Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Baruch Spinoza, and Karl Leibniz.
Taming the Leviathan: Taming the Reception of the Political and Religious Ideas of Thomas Hobbes in England 1640-1700.
In this fine book, Noel Malcolm presents a remarkable find, an unnoticed translation of a Habsburg polemical pamphlet made by Thomas Hobbes during the late 1620s.
 
 
 
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