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English philosopher and political theorist (1588–1679)
influence on Hobbes. Before going up to Oxford, Hobbes translated Euripides's Medea from Greek into Latin verse. At university, Thomas Hobbes appears to
Thomas_Hobbes
1651 book by Thomas Hobbes
theory by the English empiricist philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name
Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)
Period in the history of philosophy
brief". Thomas Hobbes' worldview concentrated on social and political order and how humans could coexist without danger or risk of civil war. Hobbes' moral
Early_modern_philosophy
Concept in political philosophy
Hobbes, Locke, and Confusion's Empire: an Examination of Seventeenth-Century Political Philosophy. Cambridge University Press, 2003. Hobbes, Thomas.
Social_contract
1681 book by Thomas Hobbes
written by Thomas Hobbes. The 1682 edition of the book begins with a note from William Crooke in answer to why he was publishing this edition. Hobbes had made
Behemoth_(Hobbes_book)
Aphorism often attributed to Sir Francis Bacon
done. In Hobbes and the social contract tradition (1988), Jean Hampton indicates that this quote is 'after Bacon' and in a footnote, that 'Hobbes was Bacon's
Knowledge_is_power
Philosophical and political rights
derives its authority. Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) included a discussion of natural rights in his moral and political philosophy. Hobbes' conception of natural
Natural rights and legal rights
Natural_rights_and_legal_rights
Milton and Thomas Hobbes except for one passage from John Aubrey's Minutes of the Life of Mr. John Milton: "His widow assures me that Mr. T. Hobbes was not
John_Milton's_relationships
Thought experiment about identity over time
will be partly the same, and partly not the same. — Hobbes, "Of Identity and Difference" Hobbes considers the two resulting ships as illustrating two
Ship_of_Theseus
Study of the rights and obligations of citizenry and government
to encounter every legitimate danger. However, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that the Athenians were only taught to think they had personal
Civics
Type of political organization
the people. Hobbes, in particular, went further to argue that political power should be justified with reference to the individual (Hobbes wrote in the
State_(polity)
Metaphor comparing a polity to a body
be remedied with purges and nostrums. The 17th century writings of Thomas Hobbes developed the image of the body politic into a modern theory of the
Body_politic
Theory of international relations
the source of liberal and realist debate. Thomas Hobbes was an English political philosopher (1588-1679). Hobbes' major focus was not on international relations
Classical realism (international relations)
Classical_realism_(international_relations)
General dislike of humanity
exemplified by philosophers throughout history, like Heraclitus, Diogenes, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche
Misanthropy
Aspect of the English philosopher's teachings
creation of a state, Hobbes grounds his political philosophy in his moral thought. This approach to moral philosophy is executed by Hobbes through discussion
Hobbes's moral and political philosophy
Hobbes's_moral_and_political_philosophy
Philosophical views that question the possibility of knowledge or certainty
his fellow skeptic friends, Hobbes never treated skepticism as a main topic for discussion in his works. Nonetheless, Hobbes was still labeled as a religious
Philosophical_skepticism
Comics character
and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson. The strip revolves around a mischievous six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. Other
List of Calvin and Hobbes characters
List_of_Calvin_and_Hobbes_characters
Series of wars in England, 1642–1651
1642–1649. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-246-13632-9. Hobbes, Thomas (1839). The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. London: J. Bohn. p. 220. Hollis
English_Civil_War
Australian politician
Thomas Hobbes Scott (17 April 1783 – 1 January 1860) was an English-born Anglican cleric active in the Colony of New South Wales. Scott was born in Kelmscott
Thomas_Hobbes_Scott
British actor
Retrieved 11 June 2026. Fricker, Karen (24 November 2008). "The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2026. Spencer, Charles (28 October 2009)
Arsher_Ali
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Hobbes, Hobbesian, Hobbesianism, or Hobbism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hobbes is primarily used to refer to: Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
Hobbes_(disambiguation)
Philosophy of individual rights and liberty
John Locke, generally regarded as the father of modern liberalism. Thomas Hobbes attempted to determine the purpose and the justification of governing
Liberalism
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
morality. In the seventeenth century, the English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, whose Leviathan advocated absolute monarchy, admired Thucydides and
Thucydides
Historical attractions of the Derbyshire Peak District
England. Thomas Hobbes worked for the Earls of Devonshire at Chatsworth House, as tutor and secretary. After touring the High Peak in 1626, Hobbes published
Seven_Wonders_of_the_Peak
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685
satirical book Microcosmographie, with whom he studied Latin and Greek, and Thomas Hobbes, the philosopher and author of Leviathan, with whom he studied mathematics
Charles_II_of_England
Group of people with a collective identity
government authorities. Thomas Hobbes was a highly significant figure in the conceptualisation of polities, in particular of states. Hobbes considered notions
Polity
Academic journal
published with the International Hobbes Association and the European Hobbes Society's cooperation. "Hobbes Studies". Brill. "Hobbes Studies". www.scimagojr.com
Hobbes_Studies
5th century BC history book by Thucydides
109 Laurentius Valla, Treviso: J. Rubeus Vercellensis, 1483 Thomas Nichols, 1550 Thomas Hobbes, 1628 – Full text William Smith, 1753 Johann David Heilmann
History of the Peloponnesian War
History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War
English idiom, the "last straw"
version of the expression comes in a theological debate on causality by Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall in 1654–1684: The last Dictate of the Judgement, concerning
Straw that broke the camel's back
Straw_that_broke_the_camel's_back
Play
Thomas Hobbes. Martinich based his argument on details from Hobbes's published works and his known relationship with Newcastle, who patronized Hobbes
The King's Entertainment at Welbeck
The_King's_Entertainment_at_Welbeck
Philosophical concept
Andrews University. Retrieved 2016-04-21. T. Sorell (30 October 2014). "Thomas Hobbes (English philosopher)". Britannica. Retrieved 2016-04-21. G.A.J. Rogers
Infinity_(philosophy)
German jurist and political philosopher (1888–1985)
is used throughout Hobbes' work as a symbol of the sovereign person. Although the Leviathan is not the only allegory made by Hobbes of the sovereign, which
Carl_Schmitt
Philosophical tradition of the British people
René Descartes (1596 – 1650). Hobbes influenced Bernard Mandeville (1670 – 1733), famous for The Fable of the Bees. Hobbes also contributed to a diverse
British_philosophy
Legal and philosophical theory that there are values inherent in nature
common good. Hobbes has no use for Aristotle's association of nature with human perfection, inverting Aristotle's use of the word "nature". Hobbes posits a
Natural_law
Concept in philosophy and early physics
theory was debated in the context of 17th-century fluid mechanics, by Thomas Hobbes and Robert Boyle, among others, and through the early 18th century by
Horror_vacui_(philosophy)
School of thought of philosophy of law and jurisprudence
a way that any law that contradicts morality lacks legal validity. Thomas Hobbes defined law as the command of the sovereign. This idea was elaborated
Legal_positivism
Advocacy of a monarch or monarchical rule
French political philosopher Robert Filmer, English political theorist Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard philosopher & writer
Monarchism
English political scientist and philosopher (1896–1979)
prize in 1921 for his essay on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes entitled Thomas Hobbes as Philosopher, Publicist and Man of Letters. He took up
George Catlin (political scientist)
George_Catlin_(political_scientist)
Expression of amusement
as 89 times per day, and others laughing as few as 0 times per day. Thomas Hobbes wrote, "The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising
Laughter
Free choice in which only one option is actually offered
instead of "Hobson's choice", confusing the philosopher Thomas Hobbes with the relatively obscure Thomas Hobson (it is possible the confusion is between "Hobson's
Hobson's_choice
Latin phrase coined by Thomas Hobbes
phrase meaning "the war of all against all", is the description that Thomas Hobbes gives to human existence in the state-of-nature thought experiment that
Bellum_omnium_contra_omnes
Belief that natural wholes are similar to machines
universal mechanism is found in the opening passages of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, published in 1651. Some intellectual historians and critical theorists
Mechanism_(philosophy)
Society without rulers
chaos or social disorder, reflecting the state of nature as depicted by Thomas Hobbes. By this definition, anarchy represents not only an absence of government
Anarchy
Latin expression meaning "Live first, then philosophize"
grounded. The phrase is sometimes attributed to the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), although this cannot be confirmed. Similar sentiments have
Primum viver deinde philosophari
Primum_viver_deinde_philosophari
System of enforceable rules
thy right to him, and authorise all his actions in like manner. — Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, XVII The main institutions of law in industrialised countries
Law
Man habituated to immoral conduct
philosophical libertine were strongly influenced by the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes was not necessarily an unquestioned ideal among the court élite
Rake_(stock_character)
by Thomas Hobbes De Cive by Thomas Hobbes De Corpore by Thomas Hobbes De Motu, Loco et Tempore by Thomas Hobbes The Horae Subsecivae by Thomas Hobbes Elementorum
17th_century_in_philosophy
Theories of social origins
Arguably the most influential theory of human social origins is that of Thomas Hobbes, who in his Leviathan argued that without strong government, society
Origins_of_society
Family of views prioritizing pleasure
2016, p. 142 Boden 2003, p. 25 Smith 1990, p. 416 Abizadeh, Arash (2018). Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-27866-9
Hedonism
English actor and filmmaker (born 1986)
The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes, in which he played a young Isaac Newton. He played the character of
Will_Sharpe
Portuguese-Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
radical philosophers of the early modern period. Influenced by Stoicism, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, and heterodox Christians, Spinoza was a leading philosopher
Baruch_Spinoza
Government combining elements of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy
of Reason by Niccolò Machiavelli, Giambattista Vico, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Hobbes, and others. It was and still is a very important theory among supporters
Mixed_government
Ancient Greek maxim
swells him with empty assurance and puffs him up with pride"; while Thomas Hobbes, in the Leviathan (1651), says that the precept "was not meant, as it
Know_thyself
2019 book by Rutger Bregman
also uses the state of nature debate between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes as a framing device, siding with Rousseau's position on the matter.
Humankind:_A_Hopeful_History
Legitimate power to decide or authorize
political authority. Among others, Hannah Arendt, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Thomas Hobbes, Alexandre Kojève and Carl Schmitt have provided some of the most influential
Authority
Supreme authority within a territory
entity. Hobbes held this to be true because otherwise there would be no way of resolving a disagreement between the multiple authorities. Hobbes' hypothesis—that
Sovereignty
French anthropologist and philosopher (1923–2015)
spoken of." Stéphane Vinolo sees Baruch Spinoza and Thomas Hobbes as important precursors. Hobbes: "if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless
René_Girard
Philosophical and political concept
most of all the freedom of the governed. According to compatibilist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679): a free man is he that in those things which by his strength
Liberty
Dean of Exeter
Thomas Hobbes was Dean of Exeter during 1509. Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire
Thomas_Hobbes_(priest)
Elizabethan country house in Derbyshire, England
philosopher Thomas Hobbes died at the Hall in December 1679. For the previous four or five years, Hobbes had lived at Chatsworth. Hobbes had been a friend
Hardwick_Hall
Hypothetical conditions of human life before society
described by the 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan and his earlier work De Cive. Hobbes argued that natural inequalities between humans
State_of_nature
Book by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer
and Simon Schaffer. It examines the debate between Robert Boyle and Thomas Hobbes over Boyle's air-pump experiments in the 1660s. In 2005, Shapin and
Leviathan_and_the_Air-Pump
Prison design
the pleasure-pain principle developed by the materialist philosopher Thomas Hobbes, but also because Bentham joined the emerging discussion on political
Panopticon
1958 ethics lecture by Isaiah Berlin
Berlin defined negative liberty (as the term "liberty" was used by Thomas Hobbes) as the absence of coercion or interference with agents' possible private
Two_Concepts_of_Liberty
Biblical creature
the comparison of the tail. The 17th-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes named the Long Parliament 'Behemoth' in his book Behemoth. It accompanies
Behemoth
American historian
title of 2010. Editor of Hobbes's translations of the Iliad and Odyssey for the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes, (The Clarendon Press, Oxford
Eric_M._Nelson
Thought experiment in political philosophy
role as the "state of nature" does in the social contract tradition of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The original position figures prominently in Rawls's
Original_position
Italian historian of philosophy (1933–1989)
titled Hobbes e il Dio delle cause. During this time, Pacchi authored several works about Hobbes, including Filosofia e Teologia in Hobbes, Hobbes e la
Arrigo_Pacchi
the author. OCLC 83262010. John Ogilby "Homer, The English Works of Thomas Hobbes, vol. 10 (Homer's Iliad and Odyssey)[1839]". Online Library of Liberty:
English_translations_of_Homer
1988 book by Carole Pateman
through the use of works by classic political and liberal philosophers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and later interpreted by the Founding
The_Sexual_Contract
Science fiction novel series by Ada Palmer
can develop to go with it." European philosophers such as Voltaire, Thomas Hobbes, and the Marquis de Sade are significant to the text and its characters
Terra_Ignota
Natural dispositions and characteristics that humans possess
especially strongly in recent centuries—firstly by early modernists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In his Emile, or On Education
Human_nature
1655 book by Thomas Hobbes
Companion to Hobbes (1996), pp. 29-31. Noel Malcolm (2007). Aspects of Hobbes. Oxford University Press. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-19-927540-3. "Thomas Hobbes - Biography"
De_Corpore
Ascribing an impossible property to a thing
performs the "team spirit". Al Martinich claims that the philosopher Thomas Hobbes was the first to discuss a propensity among philosophers to mistakenly
Category_mistake
Government system where political power lies with the people
British Isles. Thomas Hobbes was the first philosopher to articulate a detailed social contract theory. Writing in the Leviathan (1651), Hobbes theorized that
Democracy
kinematics, but a claimed proof of the squaring of the circle by Hobbes. While Hobbes retracted this particular proof, he returned to the topic with other
Hobbes–Wallis_controversy
Extremely unreasonable, foolish
scholastic philosophy, and all reflect "Hobbes' commitment to the new science of Galileo and Harvey". This is known as "Hobbes' Table of Absurdity". "Combining
Absurdity
Freedom from interference by other people
private property necessarily enhances negative liberty. According to Thomas Hobbes, "a free man is he that in those things which by his strength and wit
Negative_liberty
English poet and philosopher (1623–1673)
influenced by social encounters with philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes. O'Neill believes Hobbes (who had instructed Charles in philosophy) had marked influence
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
spirits like Hobbes, Ben Jonson, and Selden, or followed to the grave, and beyond it, with devoted affection such as that of Sir Thomas Meautys. Bacon
Francis_Bacon
Fundamental principles that govern a state
model was developed by philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment such as Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and John Locke. The model proposed that constitutional
Constitution
European cultural movement
political thought. English philosopher Thomas Hobbes ushered in this new debate with his work Leviathan in 1651. Hobbes also developed some of the fundamentals
Age_of_Enlightenment
Capacity for consciously making sense of things
earliest major philosophers to publish in English, such as Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke also routinely wrote in Latin and French, and compared
Reason
2025 play by Conor McPherson
various characters and the philosophical bases of the story, including Thomas Hobbes and David Hume. In addition, some scenes are new to the play and some
The_Hunger_Games:_On_Stage
Village in Derbyshire, England
Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2016. Thomas Hobbes: Biography, Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, retrieved 26 September 2020 Wikimedia Commons
Ault_Hucknall
Philosophical term for "the many"
of Thomas Hobbes and Baruch Spinoza, who developed it as a technical term. Focusing on mechanism in philosophy amid the Scientific Revolution, Hobbes sought
Multitude_(philosophy)
Hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England
Mam Tor was declared to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Peak by Thomas Hobbes in his 1636 book De Mirabilibus Pecci. Mam Tor is on the southern edge
Mam_Tor
Philosophy emphasizing names and labels
collapses into nominalism. In modern philosophy, nominalism was revived by Thomas Hobbes and Pierre Gassendi. In contemporary analytic philosophy, it has been
Nominalism
September 1, 2024. Lucien Jaume, "Hobbes and the Philosophical Sources of Liberalism", The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes' Leviathan, 211 Feuer, Lewis. Spinoza
List_of_liberal_theorists
Dutch mathematician and physicist (1629–1695)
through Mylon, Huygens participated in the controversy surrounding Thomas Hobbes. Persisting in highlighting his mathematical contributions, he made
Christiaan_Huygens
Idea that knowledge comes only/mainly from sensory experience
Swiss physician Paracelsus.) Contributing later in the 17th century, Thomas Hobbes and Baruch Spinoza are retrospectively identified likewise as an empiricist
Empiricism
American political philosopher (1899–1973)
of Chicago P, 1952. Hobbes' politische Wissenschaft in ihrer Genesis. (1935 German original of The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, 1936.) Neuwied am Rhein:
Leo_Strauss
Cultural classics valued in the West
important for philosophy, and the major figures were Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Baruch Spinoza, Baltasar Gracián, Benito
Western_canon
1689 work by John Locke
often compared and contrasted with Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan. The motivation in both cases is self-preservation with Hobbes arguing the need of an absolute
Two_Treatises_of_Government
Work on ethics by Aristotle
the seventeenth century, however, authors such as Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes argued that the medieval and Renaissance Aristotelian tradition in practical
Nicomachean_Ethics
1997 book by Charles Mills
conventional to represent the social contract moral and political theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant as neutral with
The_Racial_Contract
Awareness of internal and external existence
common knowledge with another", especially as in sharing a secret. Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan (1651) wrote: "Where two, or more men, know of one and
Consciousness
Type of war
has been a controversial topic in the history of ideas at least since Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan (1651) argued a "war of all against all", a view directly
Prehistoric_warfare
2004 non-fiction book by Philip Ball
concept of a "physics of society". Ball discusses thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, Lewis Mumford, Emyr Hughes, and Gottfried Achenwall who have attempted
Critical_Mass_(book)
Racquet sport played in a walled court
series, up-timers Heather Mason and Judy Wendell learn the sport from Thomas Hobbes. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is depicted as an aficionado of the game
Real_tennis
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