Thomas Hobbes
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| school_tradition = [[Social contract]], [[political realism|classical realism]], [[empiricism]], [[materialism]], [[ethical egoism]] | | school_tradition = [[Social contract]], [[political realism|classical realism]], [[empiricism]], [[materialism]], [[ethical egoism]] | ||
| main_interests = [[Political philosophy]], history, ethics, [[geometry]] | | main_interests = [[Political philosophy]], history, ethics, [[geometry]] | ||
− | | influences = [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Epicurus]], [[Thucydides]], [[Tacitus]], [[Galileo]], [[Machiavelli]], [[Descartes]] | + | | influences = [[author::Plato]], [[author::Aristotle]], [[author::Epicurus]], [[author::Thucydides]], [[author::Tacitus]], [[author::Galileo]], [[author::Machiavelli]], [[author::Descartes]] |
− | | influenced = [[Joseph Butler|Butler]], [[Leibniz]], [[Spinoza]]; [[Locke]] | + | | influenced = [[author::Joseph Butler|Butler]], [[author::Leibniz]], [[author::Spinoza]]; [[author::Locke]] |
| notable_ideas = Modern founder of the [[social contract]] tradition; life in the [[state of nature]] is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"}} | | notable_ideas = Modern founder of the [[social contract]] tradition; life in the [[state of nature]] is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"}} | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 25 December 2012
Born |
Westport, Wiltshire, England | 5 April 1588
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Died |
4 December 1679 Derbyshire, England | (aged 91)
Era |
17th-century philosophy (Modern Philosophy) |
Region | Western Philosophers |
School | Social contract, classical realism, empiricism, materialism, ethical egoism |
Main interests | Political philosophy, history, ethics, geometry |
Notable ideas | Modern founder of the social contract tradition; life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" |
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