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Hobbes Thomas. 1588--1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He would make a good secretary, now, like Hobbes, Milton, Swift--that sort of man. His favorite poets were Horace and Pope; his chosen philosophers, Hobbes and Voltaire. How these roots acquired their meanings is not known, but a conventional origin is clearly just as mythical as the social contract by which Hobbes and Rousseau supposed civil government to have been established. |
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