Hobbist
- a word derived from Hobbism.
Example Sentences
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The view of “human nature” against which Butler preached was not exactly Mandeville’s, nor was it properly to be called 831 Hobbist, although Butler fairly treats it as having a philosophical basis in Hobbes’s psychology.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
In 1669 an unworthy follower—Daniel Scargil by name, a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge—had to recant publicly and confess that his evil life had been the result of Hobbist doctrines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
He was over forty years of age, and had just turned, or was turning, a Roman Catholic in Paris, or perhaps rather a Roman Catholic Hobbist.
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David
Nor was the old reprobate ashamed to add that he was afraid that his Lordship was no better than a Hobbist in religion.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
But if a Hobbist be asked why? he will answer:—Because the public requires it, and the Leviathan will punish you if you do not.
From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by Locke, John
