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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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        1
        The doctrine of the English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, is as unequivocally egoistic.
        A Handbook of Ethical Theory
        2
        John Locke, Samuel Pufendorf, even Thomas Hobbes would have said the same thing.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        3
        Love also proves man is not inherently selfish, as Thomas Hobbes had claimed.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        4
        The European nation-states were built, partly, on principles outlined in Thomas Hobbes' 1651 book Leviathan.
        Wired
        5
        So preoccupied was Thomas Hobbes with geometry that he sometimes diagrammed propositions on his bedsheets.
        The last novel
        Usage of hobbes in English
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        Hobbes made his argument to answer a specific problem of exceptional insecurity.
        The Guardian
        2
        This was the view of Hobbes; and it is also admitted by
        Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
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        Thomas Hobbes had taken the Ship of Theseus story one step further.
        Raising Stony Mayhall
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        Hobbes fired; the man fell; Erasmus also went toppling to his knees.
        Empire of Ivory
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        Hobbes passed for an atheist; he led a tranquil and innocent life.
        Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
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        He referred to Hobbes as Leviathan; and to Francis Bacon, as Verulamius.
        The Commonwealth of Oceana
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        Read Hobbes if you want to get hard sense in good English.
        Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2
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        Such were the founders of our literature-Baconand Hobbes, Newton and Milton.
        Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
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        The doctrine of the English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, is as unequivocally egoistic.
        A Handbook of Ethical Theory
        10
        She'd always just gone out...Hobbes is my father's man, body and soul.
        Hell to pay
        11
        Like Calvin and Hobbes, he clearly still has more exploring to do.
        The Guardian
        12
        Pascal had given place to Hobbes and Voltaire, and Hooker to Paley.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders
        13
        Clearness and propriety of style are the chief excellencies of Hobbes's writings.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
        14
        I looked at Hobbes, then at the knife still on the tray.
        Hell to pay
        15
        ARISTOTLE, HOBBES, and LOCKE, DESCARTES, and NEWTON, approximate more than we imagine.
        Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
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        Shopper Sue Hobbes was out getting last-minute gifts for family in Auckland.
        Radio NZ
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