When Thomas Hobbes described life in a state of nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short,” he penned one of the most celebrated sentences in the English language. The seventeenth ...

When it comes to 17th-century English philosophers, Thomas Hobbes holds a lot of appeal. He wrote with vivid prose, rich argument and a stinging wit. He was also ahead of his time. Nearly 400 years ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author A.P. Martinich explains Thomas Hobbes' political philosophy. Author A.P. Martinich explains Thomas Hobbes' political philosophy. Explain ...

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the ...

The reference point for this imagined Superbowl game is the centuries-old debate between the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704), which I will get to ...

THREE hundred years ago appeared the first of Hobbes's chief philosophical works, his “De Cive”. The “Leviathan” followed in 1645, the “De Corpore” in 1655 and the “De Homine ...