1. Philosopher of the Day:

2. The founding father of modern political philosophy.

4. Born on the day the English defeated the Spanish Armada. Fled England after the beheading of Charles I.

5.  Scientist  Optics  Mathematician  Geometry  Translator of classics  Lawyer  Philosopher

6.  People are by nature cruel, greedy, selfish…  Without law man is by nature brutal…  In a social contract, people give up their freedom for an organized society….

7. The ideal government is a strong, absolute monarch who can control the people.

8. “Force and fraud in war the two cardinal virtues.”

9. “As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.”

10. “Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

11. “Leisure is the mother of philosophy.”

12. “ I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.”

13.  English Philosopher  Author of Leviathan  Believed man was by nature selfish  Believed in Absolute Monarchy  Developed theory of Social Contract