Thomas Hobbes
By Alfred Edward Taylor · Running time 02:55:20 · Philosophy, Modern
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This work is a look at the life and ideas of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher of the seventeenth century. The most important ideas are found in his famous work Leviathan. Taylor looks at such concepts of Hobbes as the contract, naturalism, sovereignty, natural laws, church and state, absolutism, and political obligation, etc.
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