Thomas Hobbes1588 – 1679

Emily Kaminski, Olivia Rogus, Charlotte Smith, & Alison Swanbeck

“It is not wisdom but Authority that

makes a law." ~Thomas Hobbes

Born - April 5th, 1588 Wiltshire, England Raised by wealthy uncle Tutored affluent families Studied at Oxford Published the Leviathan, The Elements of Law,

Natural and Politic, Behemoth & a trilogy: De Cive De Corpore De Homine

Died - December 4th, 1679 Derbyshire, England

Biography

State of Nature = State of War Humanity is downfall & savior

(Law of Nature, but in generalhumans are bad)

People cannot govern themselves Time period: English, in favor of England

Philosophical Ideas

Social Contract Anti-Democratic Believed in monarchy Government is

necessary Absolutism – Ideal

government only complete with “essential rights of sovereignty”

Beliefs in Government

Justified England’s

actions Supported strict

English monarchy Believed that people

were born evil Needed government to

keep order

Opinion

“’History of Political Theory’ Lecture.” American Memory. N.p., n.d.

Web. 14 Oct. 2012 http://memory.loc.gov/ Hobbes, Thomas. "Thomas Hobbes Quotes - BrainyQuote." Famous

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Lloyd, Sharon A. . "Hobbes's Moral and Political Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/

"MacTutor History of Mathematics." Welcome to the Turnbull Server . N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history

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