Thomas Hobbes
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Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher best known for his political theory of social contract and his seminal work "Leviathan," which argued for strong centralized authority to prevent societal chaos.
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| Thomas Hobbes canonical | 39 |
| Hobbes | 2 |
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Target entity: Thomas Hobbes Context triple: [Baruch Spinoza, influencedBy, Thomas Hobbes]
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John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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Montesquieu
Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
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Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a pioneering 17th-century Dutch jurist, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as a founding figure of international law.
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Hobbes Target entity description: Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century English philosopher best known for his political theory of social contract and his seminal work "Leviathan," which argued for strong centralized authority to prevent societal chaos.
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A.
John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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B.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
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C.
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a pioneering 17th-century Dutch jurist, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as a founding figure of international law.
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D.
David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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E.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
author
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early modern philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | English Civil War ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1588-04-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Westport, Wiltshire, England ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1679-12-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Derbyshire
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surface form:
Derbyshire, England
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| education |
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
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surface form:
Magdalen Hall, Oxford
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| employer | Cavendish family ⓘ |
| era |
17th-century philosophy
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Age of Enlightenment precursor ⓘ |
| familyName |
Thomas Hobbes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hobbes
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| field |
legal philosophy
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moral philosophy ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baruch Spinoza
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Carl Schmitt ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ John Locke ⓘ modern political realism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Francis Bacon ⓘ Galileo Galilei ⓘ Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ
surface form:
Machiavelli
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| knownFor |
concept of state of nature
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defense of absolute sovereignty ⓘ pessimistic view of human nature ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of law ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Hobbes self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De Cive
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De Corpore ⓘ De Homine ⓘ Leviathan ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
materialism
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mechanistic philosophy ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork Leviathan | 1651 ⓘ |
| religion | Anglican background with heterodox views ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Hobbesian social contract
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Hobbesian social contract ⓘ
surface form:
Hobbesian sovereignty
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| view |
argued for strong centralized authority to prevent civil war and chaos
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argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' ⓘ defended a materialist account of reality ⓘ held that all phenomena, including thought, can be explained mechanically ⓘ held that political obligation arises from a social contract ⓘ |
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