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Hobbes [hobz] Examples noun
- Thomas,1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
Examples from the Web for hobbes Contemporary Examples of hobbes
The 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
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
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
[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
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
Historical Examples of hobbes
Hobbes’ definition, it may be urged, when applied to the case of the Will, is equivocal.
George John Romanes
But, if so, the Will is free in accordance with Hobbes’ definition of freedom.
George John Romanes
But it was not the opinion of Hobbes that this made ethics impossible.
Ernst Haeckel
Charles allowed the dispute to go on, and Hobbes hit Fell rather hard.
Andrew Lang
What was the answer to this question given by Hobbes, Aristotle, Worms?
Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for hobbes Hobbes noun
- Thomas. 1588–1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty
Derived FormsHobbesian, noun, adjective