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nounThomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author. Words nearby Hobbeshoax, hob, Hoban, Hobart, Hobbema, Hobbes, Hobbesian, Hobbes, Thomas, Hobbism, hobbit, hobbits Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for HobbesThe larger the pro-secession minority becomes, the more the majority opposed to secession will believe that Hobbes was right. America’s Slumbering Secession Obsession|James Poulos|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hobbes lacked the data of archaeology and anthropology to inform his theories about the dangerous nature of pre-state existence. War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The intellectual descendants of Hobbes and Rousseau tend to regard government as either a cure for or a cause of violence. War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST [Calvin and Hobbes creator] Bill Watterson is up in a cabin somewhere. Aaron McGruder’s ‘The Boondocks’ Returns Without Aaron McGruder|Rich Goldstein|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And there we are, hundreds upon hundreds of years after Hobbes told us so. The Next President Won’t Save Us|James Poulos|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Hobbes saw in the break-up of a particular government the dissolution of society. The Rise of the Democracy|Joseph Clayton Shakespeare drew largely from this same precious mine, and also even Hobbes, and Shelley, and Byron. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar|Various In the positive system of Hobbes we find less cause for praise. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam The theory is important in comparison with that of Hobbes, and with modern utilitarianism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various But, if so, the Will is free in accordance with Hobbes' definition of freedom. Mind and Motion and Monism|George John Romanes
British Dictionary definitions for Hobbes
nounThomas. 1588–1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty Derived forms of HobbesHobbesian, noun, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |