Thomas Hobbes

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author
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gptkbp:birthDate 1588-04-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Westport,_Wiltshire,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1679-12-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Derbyshire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Magdalen_Hall,_Oxford
gptkbp:era 17th-century philosophy
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:philosophy
ethics
history
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Hobbes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Baruch_Spinoza
gptkb:Carl_Schmitt
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:John_Rawls
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gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:René_Descartes
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concept of the state of nature
pessimistic view of human nature
social contract theory
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English
gptkbp:mainInterest empiricism
human nature
materialism
political order
social contract theory
gptkbp:nationality English
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gptkb:De_Corpore
gptkb:Elements_of_Law
cathedral
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author
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gptkbp:philosophicalSchool empiricism
materialism
social contract
gptkbp:region Western philosophy
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_John_the_Baptist's_Church,_Ault_Hucknall,_Derbyshire
gptkbp:signature Thomas Hobbes signature.svg
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