Tags: Philosopher.

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury was an English philosopher best known today for his work on political philosophy.

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birth date
1588-04-05
birth place
Westport Wiltshire, Malmesbury
death date
1679-12-04
death place
Derbyshire
era
17th-century philosophy
individualised GND number
118551698
influenced
Political philosophy, Sociology
influenced by
Aristotle, Niccolò Machiavelli, René Descartes, Thucydides, Tacitus, Hugo Grotius
LCCN Id
n/79/059190
main interest
Ethics, Political philosophy, Geometry, History
notableIdea
Social contract, State of nature
philosophicalSchool
Empiricism, Ethical egoism, Materialism, Social contract, Realism (international relations)

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