Thomas Hobbes

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Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher best known for his political theory of social contract and his seminal work "Leviathan," which argued for strong centralized authority to prevent societal chaos.

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Hobbes 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
early modern philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
associatedEvent English Civil War ⓘ
birthDate 1588-04-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Westport, Wiltshire, England ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1679-12-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Derbyshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Derbyshire
education Magdalen Hall, Oxford ⓘ
employer Cavendish family ⓘ
era 17th-century philosophy ⓘ
Age of Enlightenment precursor ⓘ
familyName Hobbes ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Hobbes
field legal philosophy ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Carl Schmitt ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
modern political realism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
Machiavelli ⓘ
knownFor concept of state of nature ⓘ
defense of absolute sovereignty ⓘ
pessimistic view of human nature ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainInterest epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of law ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
name Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork De Cive ⓘ
De Corpore ⓘ
De Homine ⓘ
Leviathan ⓘ
philosophicalSchool materialism ⓘ
mechanistic philosophy ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
publicationDateOfWork Leviathan 1651 ⓘ
religion Anglican background with heterodox views ⓘ
subjectOf Hobbesian social contract ⓘ
Hobbesian sovereignty ⓘ
view argued for strong centralized authority to prevent civil war and chaos ⓘ
argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' ⓘ
defended a materialist account of reality ⓘ
held that all phenomena, including thought, can be explained mechanically ⓘ
held that political obligation arises from a social contract ⓘ

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Justice as Impartiality → influencedBy → Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
Of a Christian Commonwealth → author → Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
Elementa Philosophiae → author → Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
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