Thomas Hobbes
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English philosopher
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- Bachelors Classics University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
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