THOMAS HOBBES

THOMAS HOBBES


Thomas Hobbe's, English philosopher (1588-1679). Wrote around the time of the English civil war when the nature of state authority was central to political events. Hobbe’s suggested that in such a state there would be a war of every man against every man and the gains in security associated with any state were the loss of freedom. In this essay I shall firstly introduce Hobbe’s, then I shall identify why Thomas Hobbe's felt life would be ‘poor, nasty, brutish, short’.

Thomas Hobbe's (1588-1679), educated at Magdalene Hall, Oxford (1602), Later received his BA and became a tutor for William Cavendish. Thomas Hobbe's is one of the greatest modern philosophers. In particular, his version of the social contract theory is one of the enduring intellectual achievements of modern political and moral thought.

Thomas Hobbe’s, believed man outside society in a ‘natural state’, was disposed towards pleasure and against pain but in each case would be impel...