Hobbes is best known for Leviathan (1651), regarded as one of the most influential works in the history of political ...

When it comes to 17th-century English philosophers, Thomas Hobbes holds a lot of appeal. He wrote with vivid prose, rich argument and a stinging wit. He was also ahead of his time. Nearly 400 years ...

Thomas Hobbes’s essay on the social contract is both a founding text of western thought and a masterpiece of wit and imagination According to the 17th-century historian and gossip John Aubrey, Thomas ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author A.P. Martinich explains Thomas Hobbes' political philosophy. Author A.P. Martinich explains Thomas Hobbes' political philosophy. Explain ...

Thirty years ago Wednesday, the world was introduced to Calvin and Hobbes, a daily comic strip about a mischievous young boy named Calvin and his best pal, a tiger named Hobbes. In those decades, ...