Thomas Hobbes

About The Author

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy. An Englishman, Hobbes was heavily influenced by his country's civil war and wrote his preeminent work, Leviathan, about the relationship between the individual and the government during that period. Hobbes was a scholar, phauthoilosopher, and the author of several works on political and religious philosophy.

Books by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

Or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil


A cornerstone of modern western philosophy, addressing the role of man in government, society and religion
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