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Definition of Hobbes
1. Noun. English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).
Definition of Hobbes
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobbes
Literary usage of Hobbes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"It is the writer's aim, in what follows, to piece together hobbes' system of ...
All references are to Molesworth's edition of hobbes' English Works. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Lucy, W. Observations on Mr hobbes his Leviathan. 1663. Mackenzie, Sir G.
Jus Regium. 1684. ... [Criticism of hobbes and Locke.] Marvell, A. The Rehearsal ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"THOMAS hobbes OF MALMESBURY. FOR the last two hundred years the name of Thomas
... When a man familiar with hobbes' evil reputation comes for the first time ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"hobbes began his schooling at the age of four, and when six was engaged with
Greek and Latin, ... This state of things was distasteful to the young hobbes, ..."
5. A Beginner's History of Philosophy by Herbert Ernest Cushman (1911)
"Thomas hobbes * and his Contemporaries. During a certain period Bacon had under
him a secretary by the name of Thomas hobbes. ..."
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