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          Thomas hobbes' state of nature.

          Thomas Hobbes

          Thomas Hobbes

          after John Michael Wright (1617–1694)

          Era17th-century philosophy
          (Modern Philosophy)
          RegionWestern Philosophers
          SchoolSocial contract, realism

          Main interests

          		Political philosophy, history, ethics, geometry

          Notable ideas

          		modern founder of the social contract tradition; life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"

          Influences

          • Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, Tacitus, Galileo, Niccolò Machiavelli, René Descartes, Grotius, Selden, Great Tew circle

          Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was a philosopher from England.

          Thomas hobbes political philosophy pdf

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          5. His most famous book is Leviathan (1651).

          Writings

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          Hobbes was a political philosopher. He wrote mainly about government and law. He tried to show that the best societies have one authority.

          This authority had virtually all power. All individuals living in society under the authority must give up some rights and freedom