Hobbes

[ hobz ]

/ hɒbz /

noun

Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

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The larger the pro-secession minority becomes, the more the majority opposed to secession will believe that Hobbes was right.
America’s Slumbering Secession Obsession|James Poulos|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hobbes lacked the data of archaeology and anthropology to inform his theories about the dangerous nature of pre-state existence.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The intellectual descendants of Hobbes and Rousseau tend to regard government as either a cure for or a cause of violence.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[Calvin and Hobbes creator] Bill Watterson is up in a cabin somewhere.
Aaron McGruder’s ‘The Boondocks’ Returns Without Aaron McGruder|Rich Goldstein|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And there we are, hundreds upon hundreds of years after Hobbes told us so.
The Next President Won’t Save Us|James Poulos|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hobbes saw in the break-up of a particular government the dissolution of society.
The Rise of the Democracy|Joseph Clayton
Shakespeare drew largely from this same precious mine, and also even Hobbes, and Shelley, and Byron.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar|Various
In the positive system of Hobbes we find less cause for praise.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
The theory is important in comparison with that of Hobbes, and with modern utilitarianism.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various
But, if so, the Will is free in accordance with Hobbes' definition of freedom.
Mind and Motion and Monism|George John Romanes

British Dictionary definitions for Hobbes

Hobbes

/ (hɒbz) /

noun

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

Derived forms of Hobbes

Hobbesian, noun, adjective

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