THOMAS HOBBESPhilosopher of the Day:

How can mankind

live together

in peace?

The founding father of modern political philosophy.

How is political authority justified and how far does it extend?

Lived during a time of upheaval in England:

Born on the day the English defeated the Spanish Armada.

Fled England after the beheading of Charles I.

Hobbes greatest fear was social & political chaos. He was a…

Scientist Optics

Mathematician Geometry

Translator of classics

Lawyer Philosopher

He wrote Leviathan People are by

nature cruel, greedy, selfish…

Without law man is by nature brutal…

In a social contract, people give up their freedom for an organized society….

Hobbes in Leviathan:

The ideal government

is a strong, absolute monarch

who can control the people.

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“Force and fraud in war the two cardinal virtues.”

“As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.”

“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

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“Leisure is the mother of philosophy.”

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“I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.”

Thomas Hobbes English Philosopher Author of Leviathan Believed man was by nature

selfish Developed theory of Social

Contract Believed in Absolute Monarchy