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)
Veure'n més 1 Hobbes made his argument to answer a specific problem of exceptional insecurity.
2 This was the view of Hobbes ; and it is also admitted by
3 Thomas Hobbes had taken the Ship of Theseus story one step further.
4 Hobbes fired; the man fell; Erasmus also went toppling to his knees.
5 Hobbes passed for an atheist; he led a tranquil and innocent life.
6 He referred to Hobbes as Leviathan; and to Francis Bacon, as Verulamius.
7 Read Hobbes if you want to get hard sense in good English.
8 Such were the founders of our literature-Baconand Hobbes , Newton and Milton.
9 The doctrine of the English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes , is as unequivocally egoistic.
10 She'd always just gone out ... Hobbes is my father's man, body and soul.
11 Like Calvin and Hobbes , he clearly still has more exploring to do.
12 Pascal had given place to Hobbes and Voltaire, and Hooker to Paley.
13 Clearness and propriety of style are the chief excellencies of Hobbes 's writings.
14 I looked at Hobbes , then at the knife still on the tray.
15 ARISTOTLE, HOBBES , and LOCKE, DESCARTES, and NEWTON, approximate more than we imagine.
16 Shopper Sue Hobbes was out getting last-minute gifts for family in Auckland.
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