Hobbes

(noun.) English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).

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• He would make a good secretary, now, like Hobbes, Milton, Swift--that sort of man. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The doctrine of the social contract formulated by Hobbes and made current by Rousseau can no longer be accepted as a true account of the origin of society. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Hobbes spent months in daily intercourse with this group of scientists in the winter of 1636-37. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• All the points of time and place, say some philosophers [Mr. Hobbes. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Through him Descartes was drawn into debate with Hobbes, and with Gassendi, a champion of the experimental method. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• His letters to Galileo, Jean Rey, Hobbes, Des cartes, Gassendi, not to mention other scientists and philoso phers, constitute an encyclopedia of the learning of the time. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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