Hobbes

[ hobz ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

Hobbes

/ hɒbz /

noun

1. HobbesThomas15881679MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Thomas. 1588–1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty

Derived Forms

• ˈHobbesian, nounadjective

Example Sentences

“There are so many misconceptions about health and wellness that, if I wasn’t careful, You’re Wrong About was just going to become a health and wellness show,” Hobbes says.

From Outside Online

Hobbes describes watching his mother repeatedly try and fail to lose weight.

From Outside Online

The professor begged to differ, and Hobbes wound up looking foolish.

From Washington Post

In 1651, Hobbes had written a passage in his famous “Leviathan” that almost anticipated the episode.

From Washington Post

In fact, for champions of reason, the situation is far more dire than Hobbes suspected.

From Washington Post

Stop Trying to Save the World By Michael Hobbes, The New Republic Big ideas are destroying international development.

From The Daily Beast

The larger the pro-secession minority becomes, the more the majority opposed to secession will believe that Hobbes was right.

From The Daily Beast

Hobbes lacked the data of archaeology and anthropology to inform his theories about the dangerous nature of pre-state existence.

From The Daily Beast

The intellectual descendants of Hobbes and Rousseau tend to regard government as either a cure for or a cause of violence.

From The Daily Beast

[Calvin and Hobbes creator] Bill Watterson is up in a cabin somewhere.

From The Daily Beast

In spite of its brevity, Holbach considered this one of Hobbes' most important and luminous works.

From Project Gutenberg

In the first place, the citizens of New York are the disciples of Hobbes.

From Project Gutenberg

Hobbes's politics are fitted only to promote tyranny, and his ethics to encourage licentiousness.

From Project Gutenberg

We privately hate Mr. Thomas Hobbes, of Malmsbury; we know much evil of him, and we could expose many of his tricks effectually.

From Project Gutenberg

Hobbes was a favourite author, indeed, of the later Utilitarians, though Bentham does not appear to have studied him.

From Project Gutenberg