1. Island Of Freedom - Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes. 15881679. Leviathan. Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, scientist, and political theorist. His philosophy marked a departure in English philosophy from the religious emphasis http://www.island-of-freedom.com/HOBBES.HTM

Thomas Hobbes Leviathan Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, scientist, and political theorist. His philosophy marked a departure in English philosophy from the religious emphasis of Scholasticism. His ideas represented a reaction against the decentralizing ideas of the Reformation which, Hobbes contended, brought anarchy, and are regarded as an important early influence on the philosophical doctrine of utilitarianism. Hobbes entered Oxford University when he was only 15 years old, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1608. He then became a tutor to the Cavendish family and spent most of his life in similar employment, including tutor to Charles II during his exile in Paris in 1646. Hobbes made three visits to the continent in his life, the first in 1610 which included discussions with Francis Bacon, under whose influence Hobbes became dissatisfied with Aristotelianism . In 1628 he published an English version of Thucydides' works, partly to warn his countrymen about the dangers of democracy. His second trip was to France from 1629 to 1631, where he developed an interest in mathematics and thought he could apply mathematical methods to cure the ills of a society on the verge of civil war. On his third trip he met and was influenced by Galileo, Marin Mersenne, and Rene Descartes , and conceived the idea which permeates his philosophythe geometrical deduction of the behavior of men from abstract scientific principles.

2. Philosophers : Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes. English Philosopher. 15881679. Hobbes developed a materialist and highly pessimistic philosophy that was denounced http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/hobbes.html

Thomas Hobbes English Philosopher Hobbes developed a materialist and highly pessimistic philosophy that was denounced in his own day and later, but has had a continuing influence on Western political thought. His Leviathan (1651) presents a bleak picture of human beings in the state of nature, where life is "nasty, brutish, and short." Fear of violent death is the principal motive that causes people to create a state by contracting to surrender their natural rights and to submit to the absolute authority of a sovereign. Although the power of the sovereign derived originally from the people, Hobbes said-challenging the doctrine of the divine right of kings-the sovereign's power is absolute and not subject to review by either subjects or ecclesiastical powers. Hobbes's concept of the social contract led to investigations by other political theorists, notably Locke, Spinoza, and Rousseau, who formulated their own radically different theories of the social contract. See Also: Locke Spinoza Rousseau Index ... Feedback

3. Great Books Index - Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes Great Books Index. GREAT BOOKS INDEX. Thomas Hobbes (15881679) Links to Information About Thomas Hobbes. Biography of Thomas Hobbes http://books.mirror.org/gb.hobbes.html

GREAT BOOKS INDEX Thomas Hobbes (15881679) An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation AUTHORS/HOME TITLES ABOUT GB INDEX BOOK LINKS The Works of Thomas Hobbes Leviathan Citizen Articles Leviathan, or, Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil HTML edition (Adelaide) HTML edition in one document (Secular Web Library, 1.2MB) Text edition in one file (Constitution, 1.2MB) [Back to Top of Page] The Citizen HTML edition (Constitution) [Back to Top of Page] Links to Information About Thomas Hobbes Biography of Thomas Hobbes (Oregon State) Mathematical Biography of Hobbes (History of Math Archive) Includes several book references. Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy Hobbes (Bjorn's Guide) [Back to Top of Page] GREAT BOOKS INDEX MENU Great Books Index Home Page and Author List List of All Works by Author and Title [90KB] About the Great Books Index Links to Other Great Books and Literature Sites ... Literary Cryptograms Support for the Great Books Index web pages is provided by Ken Roberts Computer Consultants Inc URL: http://books.mirror.org/gb.hobbes.html

4. Thomas Hobbes THOMAS HOBBES (15881679). The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes is perhaps the most complete materialist philosophy of the 17th century. http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/hobbes.html

THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679) The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes is perhaps the most complete materialist philosophy of the 17th century. Hobbes rejects Cartesian dualism and believes in the mortality of the soul. He rejects free will in favor of determinism, a determinism which treats freedom as being able to do what one desires. He rejects Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy in favor of the "new" philosophy of Galileo and Gassendi, which largely treats the world as matter in motion. Hobbes is perhaps most famous for his political philosophy. Men in a state of nature, that is a state without civil government, are in a war of all against all in which life is hardly worth living. The way out of this desperate state is to make a social contract and establish the state to keep peace and order. Because of his view of how nasty life is without the state, Hobbes subscribes to a very authoritarian version of the social contract. Biography of Hobbes For an up to date listing of Hobbes resources on line, you can visit the Hobbes page at EpistemeLinks.com

5. Thomas Hobbes THOMAS HOBBES (15881679) The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes is perhaps the most complete materialist philosophy of the 17th century. Hobbes rejects Cartesian dualism and believes in the mortality of the soul. http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/hobbes.html

THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679) The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes is perhaps the most complete materialist philosophy of the 17th century. Hobbes rejects Cartesian dualism and believes in the mortality of the soul. He rejects free will in favor of determinism, a determinism which treats freedom as being able to do what one desires. He rejects Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy in favor of the "new" philosophy of Galileo and Gassendi, which largely treats the world as matter in motion. Hobbes is perhaps most famous for his political philosophy. Men in a state of nature, that is a state without civil government, are in a war of all against all in which life is hardly worth living. The way out of this desperate state is to make a social contract and establish the state to keep peace and order. Because of his view of how nasty life is without the state, Hobbes subscribes to a very authoritarian version of the social contract. Biography of Hobbes For an up to date listing of Hobbes resources on line, you can visit the Hobbes page at EpistemeLinks.com

6. Economics 3LL3 - Hobbes Thomas Hobbes. April 5 politique. Anon, 1680, The True effigies of the monster of Malmesbury; or, Thomas Hobbes in his proper colours. Anon http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/hobbes/

Thomas Hobbes De Cive: Liberty De Cive: Dominion De Cive: Religion The Elements of Law Natural and Politic ... "A Survey of Mr Hobbes His Leviathan" by Edward Clarendon References: A. H. Abbott, 1904, Psychologische und Erkenntnistheoretische Probleme bei Hobbes. T. Airaksinen and M. A. Bertman, 1989, Hobbes: war among nations. A.-L. Angoulvent, 1992, Hobbes, ou, La crise de l'Etat baroque. A.-L. Angoulvent, 1994, Hobbes et la morale politique. Anon, 1680, The True effigies of the monster of Malmesbury; or, Thomas Hobbes in his proper colours. Anon, 1767, Loose remarks on certain positions to be found in Mr. Hobbes's Philosophical rudiments of government and society. With a short sketch of a democratical form of government, in a letter to Signior Paoli. B. Avishai, 1978, Civil society and rational beings: an examination of Marx's critique of Hobbes' epistemological theories and related political ethics D. Baumgold, 1988, Hobbes's political theory. B. H. Baumrin, 1969, Hobbes's Leviathan; interpretation and criticism. J. G. v. d. Bend, 1982

7. Hobbes Thomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes s father, also named Thomas Hobbes, was the vicar of Charlton and Westport, close to Malmesbury in Wiltshire. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hobbes.html

Thomas Hobbes Born: 5 April 1588 in Westport, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Died: 4 Dec 1679 in Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Thomas Hobbes 's father, also named Thomas Hobbes, was the vicar of Charlton and Westport, close to Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Thomas Hobbes senior was described by Aubrey in [13] as:- ... one of the ignorant Sir Johns of Queen Elizabeth's time; could only read the prayers of the church and the homilies; and valued not learning, as not knowing the sweetness of it. Thomas Hobbes senior had an older brother, Francis Hobbes, who was a wealthy merchant with no family of his own. Thomas Hobbes, the subject of this biography, had one brother Edmund who was about two years older than he him. Thomas began his schooling in Westport Church when he was four years old. However, when he was seven years old, his father had an argument with another vicar at the door of his church. Blows were exchanged and Hobbes' father ran off. It is unclear what role his mother played in his upbringing after that, but he was certainly brought up by his uncle Francis after this. From age eight Hobbes, who was by this time proficient at reading and arithmetic, attended Mr Evan's school in Malmesbury, then later Robert Latimer's private school in Westport. Hobbes showed his brilliance at this school and was an outstanding Greek and Latin scholar by the time he left this school at age fourteen, having already translated Euripides'

8. ATRIUM: Philosophie: Hobbes Thomas (1588-1679) Translate this page hobbes thomas (1588-1679). Présentation Présentation. Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679). Eléments biographiques, Sa philosophie, Eléments de philosophie, A venir http://www.yrub.com/philo/hobbes.htm

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9. WIEM: Hobbes Thomas hobbes thomas (15881679), angielski filozof i teoretyk panstwa. Otrzymal Filozofia, Wielka Brytania hobbes thomas (1588-1679). Hobbes http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/011c5d.html

WIEM 2004 - zobacz now± edycjê encyklopedii! Kup abonament i encyklopediê na CD-ROM, sprawd¼ ofertê cenow±! Oferta specjalna abonamentów dla szkó³ i instytucji! Uwaga! Przedstawione poni¿ej has³o pochodzi z archiwalnej edycji WIEM 2001! Prace redakcyjne nad edycj± 2001 zosta³y zakoñczone. Zapraszamy do korzystania z nowej, codziennie aktualizowanej i wzbogacanej w nowe tre¶ci edycji WIEM 2004 Filozofia, Wielka Brytania Hobbes Thomas Hobbes Thomas (1588-1679), angielski filozof i teoretyk pañstwa. Otrzyma³ staranne wykszta³cenie, ukoñczy³ uniwersytet w Oxfordzie, zajmowa³ siê wychowaniem bogatych arystokratów. W 1651 og³osi³ najwybitniejsze dzie³o Lewiatan , w którym g³osi³ pochwa³ê absolutyzmu W tak zorganizowanym pañstwie Hobbes widzia³ te¿ korzy¶ci. Zabezpieczono ³ad i bezpieczeñstwo, zagwarantowano poszanowanie prawa i prywatnej w³asno¶ci; zaspokajane s± elementarne potrzeby i aspiracje ka¿dego cz³owieka. Traktat Hobbesa spotka³ siê z krytyk±. Monarchi¶ci odrzucali jego ¶wiecki, racjonalny model umowy spo³ecznej, bur¿uazja widzia³a w nim zdecydowanego rojalistê, duchowieñstwo natomiast nie chcia³o przyj±æ jego koncepcji ko¶cio³a pañstwowego. Trzy lata po ¶mierci Hobbesa, na wniosek uniwersytetu w Oxfordzie, traktat Lewiatan zosta³ publicznie spalony.

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11. Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes, 15881679. The Godwin. Major Works of Thomas Hobbes Eight Books of the Peloponnesian Warre Written by Thucydides http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/hobbes.htm

Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679. The natural law philosopher Thomas Hobbes lived during some of the most tumultuous times in European history consequently, it should be no surprise that his theories were thoroughly pessimistic regarding human nature. Born near Malmesbury, the early death of his father, an impoverished local vicar, brought young Thomas Hobbes under the care of his wealthy uncle. At the age of fourteen, he entered Magdalen College, Oxford, and took his B.A. five years later. In 1608, he acquired a post as a tutor to the son of William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire. This gave him time to devote himself to the Classics. Disenchanted by Aristotlean acrobatics, Hobbes eagerly embraced the historian Thucydides (whose book he translated and published in 1628). After his first tour of Europe in 1610, he made the acquaintance of Francis Bacon . However, he only became converted to the scientific outlook in the 1630s, after being seduced by Euclid's Geometry and hobnobbing with European scientists (particularly, the circle of Abbé Mersenne) during a tour of the continent. Hobbes was particularly entranced by Galileo's reverse vision of dynamics. Contrary to

12. Thomas Hobbes - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Thomas Hobbes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Enlarge Thomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes (April 5, 1588 December 4, 1679 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes

13. Hobbes Thomas - Elementi Di Legge... Translate this page hobbes thomas. Elementi di legge naturale e politica. 280 p., € 18,50 Saggi Sansoni (data di pubblicazione prevista Maggio 2004) http://www.alice.it/forthcom/fi/fi912130.htm

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14. BBC - History - Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes (15881679) was one of the most influential of all political philosophers. Thomas Hobbes. By Professor John Rogers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/hobbes_01.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index THURSDAY 27th May 2004 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Thomas Hobbes By Professor John Rogers Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was one of the most influential of all political philosophers. His book Leviathan virtually founded the study of the modern state. Page 1 of 5 1. A cement to bind society 2. A universe of matter and motion 3. The purpose of the state 4. 'Everything is either body or nothing' ... Print entire article A cement to bind society When Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651, he set a model for the understanding of the nature, purpose and justification of government, according to principles which could for the first time be characterised as 'scientific'. At the heart of his account is the idea of a social contract: a cement which binds together the atoms of society - individual persons - in a mutually advantageous agreement to accept a central authority, the function of which is to provide the conditions under which individuals may flourish. Without that central authority things fall apart into anarchy or war, which destroys all possible civic life and prosperity. Hobbes was born in the Wiltshire town of Malmesbury where his father, Thomas senior, was a curate. Hobbes said of himself that 'Fear and I were born twins. My mother hearing of the Spanish Armada sailing up the English channel gave premature birth to me'. The father had a reputation for being quarrelsome, and after an altercation and court case he fled the area in 1604. His son Thomas, after schooling in Malmesbury, entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford (later Hertford College) from which he matriculated in 1603.

15. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) - By Miles Hodges THOMAS HOBBES (1588 1679). CONTENTS. Links to other information on hobbes thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). http://www.newgenevacenter.org/biography/hobbes2.htm

THOMAS HOBBES CONTENTS Hobbes: An Overview His Life and Works His Major Ideas His Legacy Links to Hobbes' Writings and More Information HOBBES: AN OVERVIEW Thomas Hobbes called for an-all powerful sovereign (the "Leviathan") who would serve the interests of the larger political community (i.e., England) by holding it tightly together under his sovereign authorityin order to curb the kind of human wantonness experienced in the Wars of Religion. For Hobbes such powerful rule was not to be founded on the ancient rule of "divine rights" of monarchsbut on the basis of the needs, even rights, of the community to be served by such an all-powerful ruler. In justifying this utilitarian approach to state-building, he used "natural" theory or logic rather than scripture or tradition, putting forth the first efforts to establish a modern "political science." (His arguments were not greeted warmly by the English monarchy, which found "divine rights" as the foundation of its power much more to its liking!) HIS LIFE AND WORKS His Youth Thomas Hobbes was born as the second son of the vicar of Westport and Charlton (Wiltshire) England in April of 1588reportedly prematurely because of the stress created by the news of the approaching Spanish Armada. Hobbes later considered it a sign that he was born under: the burden of fear and the consequent passion for peace.

16. Thomas Hobbes THOMAS HOBBES (15881679). Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, Power of a Common-Wealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill. London Andrew Crooke, 1651. http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/history/hobbes.html

THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679) . London: Andrew Crooke, 1651. Leviathan provoked an immediate storm of controversy - one that was to long outlive its provocateur by its refutation of Aristotle's doctrine of the essential "sociability" of man and by its contradiction of the individualist tendencies of both the Renaissance and the Reformation. The philosophies espoused in Leviathan have never been wholly embraced by either the political left or right, yet the powerful influence they exerted on the philosophies of Spinoza, Leibniz, Bentham, and Mill is undeniable. By the time of the publication of Leviathan , Hobbes was already a famous and somewhat controversial personality. His translation of Thucydides (1629) and his publications, De Cive Human Nature (1650), and De Corpore Politico (1650) had gained him wide notoriety and respect, as well as a considerable number of opponents, especially for his much criticized De Cive . Hobbes made the acquaintance of and corresponded with a number of noted personalities of his time, including Galileo and Descartes. He was tutor to Charles II and patronized by the powerful Cavendish family. Despite being well connected, however, he provoked the enmity of both the English court and the French clergy, and continued to gain detractors among both his countrymen and abroad. His works were censored and condemned, some finding their way onto the Index of prohibited books.

17. L'Encyclopédie De L'Agora: Hobbes Translate this page Politique et société, thomas hobbes, Paris, Garnier-Flammarion, 1982, 408 p. Collection Texte intégral, no 385 I. La vie de thomas hobbes II. http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Thomas_Hobbes

Accueil Index Catégories Dossiers ... Imprimer Politique et société Thomas Hobbes Biographie en résumé Philosophe anglais (1588-1678) Source: Thoemmes Press Portrait Gallery Vie et oeuvre Biographie de Thomas Hobbes (par Harald Höffding) Thucydide, qu'il publia en 1629, n'a probablement pas été composée sans allusion aux nuages politiques qui, dès les premières années de Charles Ier discrimen ) disparaîtrait entre les choses, et par conséquent toute perception sensible. Il en conclut que le changement de mouvement ( diversitas motuum ) est la cause de toutes choses. Alors, d'après son propre dire, il ne pensa plus à rien, jour et nuit, à l'état de veille et en rêve, qu'au mouvement. Il vit clairement que la méthode déductive qu'il avait récemment appris à connaître sous sa forme la plus parfaite pouvait, en partant du principe que tout est en mouvement, très bien trouver son application. Il est probable qu'il parvint en même temps (vers 1630) par ses seuls moyens à la conviction que les qualités sensibles sont subjectives. Hobbes ne savait pas que Galilée avait émis ce principe dès 1623. Ce n'est que quelques années plus tard, qu'au cours d'un voyage en Italie il fit connaissance avec l'homme dont il dit lui-même (dans la dédicace de l'ouvrage De corpore) Méditations de Descartes et provoqua ainsi une des discussions philosophiques les plus remarquables du XVIIe siècle! La critique que fit Hobbes du Cartésianisme est un document, intéressant qui éclaire sa philosophie avant qu'il ne l'ait encore développée sous une forme systématique. Hobbes, auquel feu Lord Cavendish avait assuré l'indépendance matérielle, s'était de nouveau fixé en Angleterre en 1637 après une absence de plusieurs années. Il se proposait de fondre ses idées en un système de trois membres:

18. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Biographical information http://www.connect.net/ron/thomashobbes.html

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Special thanks to the Microsoft Corporation for their contribution to our site.  The following information came from Microsoft Encarta. Here is a hyperlink to the Microsoft Encarta home page.   http://www.encarta.msn.com Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679), English philosopher and political theorist ( see Political Theory), one of the first modern Western thinkers to provide a secular justification for the political state. The philosophy of Hobbes marked a departure in English philosophy from the religious emphasis of Scholasticism. His ideas represented a reaction against the decentralizing ideas of the Reformation (1517-1648), which, Hobbes contended, brought anarchy ( see Anarchism). Regarded as an important early influence on the philosophical doctrine of utilitarianism, Hobbes also contributed to modern psychology and laid the foundations of modern sociology by applying mechanistic principles ( see Mechanism) in an attempt to explain human motivation and social organization.

19. Thomas Hobbes -- Moral And Politcal Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philoso thomas hobbes (15881679) Moral and Political Philosophy. The English philosopher thomas hobbes (1588-1679) is best known for his political thought, and deservedly so. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/hobmoral.htm

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Moral and Political Philosophy Table of Contents (Clicking on the links below will take you to that part of this article) Introduction Life and Times Two Intellectual Influences Ethics and Human Nature ... References and Further Reading Introduction We can see Hobbes’s importance if we briefly compare him with the most famous political thinkers before and after him. A century before, Nicolo Machiavelli had emphasized the harsh realities of power, as well as recalling ancient Roman experiences of political freedom. Machiavelli appears as the first modern political thinker, because like Hobbes he was no longer prepared to talk about politics in terms set by religious faith (indeed, he was still more offensive than Hobbes to many orthodox believers), instead, he looked upon politics as a secular discipline divorced from theology. But unlike Hobbes, Machiavelli offers us no comprehensive philosophy: we have to reconstruct his views on the importance and nature of freedom; it remains uncertain which, if any, principles Machiavelli draws on in his apparent praise of amoral power politics. Writing a few years after Hobbes

20. Thomas Hobbes Even more than Bacon, thomas hobbes illustrated the transition from medieval to modern thinking in Britain http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/3x.htm

Philosophy Pages F A Q Dictionary ... Locke Hobbes's Leviathan Thomas Hobbes Hobbes Life and Works Human Nature Society Bibliography ... Internet Sources Even more than Bacon, Thomas Hobbes illustrated the transition from medieval to modern thinking in Britain. His Leviathan effectively developed a vocabulary for philosophy in the English language by using Anglicized versions of the technical terms employed by Greek and Latin authors. Careful use of words to signify common ideas in the mind, Hobbes maintained, avoids the difficulties to which human reasoning is most obviously prone and makes it possible to articulate a clear conception of reality. ( Leviathan I 4 For Hobbes, that conception is bound to be a mechanistic one: the movements of physical objects will turn out to be sufficient to explain everything in the universe. The chief purpose of scientific investigation, then, is to develop a geometrical account of the motion of bodies, which will reveal the genuine basis of their causal interactions and the regularity of the natural world. Thus, Hobbes defended a strictly materialist view of the world.

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