Hobbes

[ hobz ]

/ hɒbz /

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noun

Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

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How to use Hobbes in a sentence

Stop Trying to Save the World By Michael Hobbes, The New Republic Big ideas are destroying international development.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 17-23, 2014|William Boot|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
In spite of its brevity, Holbach considered this one of Hobbes' most important and luminous works.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
In the first place, the citizens of New York are the disciples of Hobbes.
American Sketches|Charles Whibley
Hobbes's politics are fitted only to promote tyranny, and his ethics to encourage licentiousness.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume
We privately hate Mr. Thomas Hobbes, of Malmsbury; we know much evil of him, and we could expose many of his tricks effectually.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
Hobbes was a favourite author, indeed, of the later Utilitarians, though Bentham does not appear to have studied him.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen

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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