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1 Philosopher of the Day:

2 The founding father of modern political philosophy.

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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


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