Thomas Hobbes

:This article is about the philosopher Thomas Hobbes. For information on the Bill Watterson comic strip featuring a tiger named Hobbes, see Calvin and Hobbes.

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Thomas Hobbes (April 5, 1588–December 4, 1679) was a noted English political philosopher, most famous for his book Leviathan (1651).

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April 5 - 1588 - December 4 - 1679 - English - Political philosopher - Leviathan - 1651

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Hobbes also wrote numerous other books on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was a contemporary of Francis Bacon as well as Descartes and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' Meditations.

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Francis Bacon - Descartes

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