Thomas Hobbes Lester Arguello, Lucas Gordon-Vera, Zoe Reshoft, Ryan Wong, and Ethan Dooley

Early life Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5th, 1588 in Westport, England. His mother went into labour prematurely because she was afraid of the Spanish Armada that was going to attack England. There is little known about his childhood and his mother. His dad had to leave his family due to a fight and Hobbes’ uncle had to take care of the family. Educated at the Westport church. During the English Civil war he fled to France because he was afraid that he would be persecuted for being a royalist.

Main Beliefs Hobbes believed that everybody was naturally selfish and wicked Without governments, humans would be in conflict with each other. Hobbes thought that in order to avoid this, people had to give their rights to a strong ruler with the power of a Leviathan (sea monster) and get law and order in return (Social Contract).

Main Beliefs Cont. Thomas Hobbes did not believed in the divine right to rule. Instead, he believed the ruler should get the right to rule by the consent of the governed. He believed the best form of government is absolute monarchy.

Published Works Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan in which he argued that establishing common wealth through social contract is the best way to achieve civil peace and social unity. Writes that humans are naturally troublesome and terrifyingly chaotic Also writes that the strongest governments are best, which is a monarchy

Influences/Legacies ⠐Hobbes helped create the idea of the social contract; the idea that rights were worth giving up for safety. This idea is still being grappled with today. ⠐He also threw out the idea of divine right. Instead he believed power came from the will of the governed.

Famous Quotes “Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal. In such condition there is no place for industry... no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” ― Thomas Hobbes “The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone” “Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools. ”

Fun Facts Hobbes lived to be 91 years old. He was born premature. Hobbes had very complex beliefs on religion. Many people ended up concluding that Hobbes was atheist. Hobbes wrote a follow up book to Leviathan called Behemoth. Thomas Hobbes didn’t complete his B.A.until 1608, because he wasn’t attracted to scholastic learning.

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