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Thomas Hobbes   /tˈɑməs hˈɑbiz/   Listen
Thomas Hobbes

noun
1.
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).  Synonym: Hobbes.





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... Malmesbury; and I have brought with me that famous work which is now so little known, greatly as it deserves to be studied, "The Leviathan," in order that I may put to you in the wonderfully terse and clear language of Thomas Hobbes, what was his view of ...
— American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology • Tomas Henry Huxley


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