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    Thomas Hobbes

    historical figure · 6 works · 10 mentions · 16 anchored passages · author page

    Hobbes

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    Ancient Law19th Century · English

    Philosopher whose theory of law rejected the Roman law of nature yet shared its foundational assumption.

    but on the other hand the theory of Hobbes on the same subject was purposely devised to repudiate the reality of a law of nature as conceived by the Romans and their disciples.
    chapter 9
    It is some shifting sandbank in which the grains are Individual men, that according to the theory of Hobbes is hardened into the social rock by the wholesome discipline of force.
    chapter 12
    Maine did not write, for example, for readers who had never heard of Hobbes or Montesquieu.
    introduction

    Lectures on the Early History of Institutions19th Century · English

    Seventeenth-century philosopher, author of the Leviathan and De Cive, credited as the originator of the modern analysis of Sovereignty.

    Hobbes, it is well known, speculated on the origin of Government and Sovereignty.
    lecture xii sovereignty
    I am not prepared to deny that Austin occasionally, and Hobbes frequently, express themselves as if their system were not limited throughout by the limitation which is at its base.
    lecture xii sovereignty
    The way in which Hobbes and he bring such bodies of rules as the Common law under their system is by insisting on a maxim which is of vital importance to it—‘Whatever the Sovereign permits, he commands.
    lecture xii sovereignty

    Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England20th Century · English

    Philosopher named as an intellectual forerunner of Bentham.

    In studying Bentham’s intellectual character we are reminded that, if he was the follower of Hobbes and of Locke, he was the contemporary of Arkwright and of Watt.
    lecture vi the period of benthamism or individuali

    History of Modern Philosophy from Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time20th Century · English

    English philosopher mentioned as a minor candidate for first modern philosopher.

    Germany, England, and France claim the honor of having produced the first *modern* philosopher, presenting Nicolas of Cusa, Bacon of Verulam, and René Descartes as their candidates, while Hobbes, Bruno, and Montaigne have received only scattered votes.
    chapter 1

    The Genius of the Common Law20th Century · English

    Philosopher whose 'state of nature' is invoked as the negative alternative to a custom-governed anarchist society.

    But one may doubt whether it could be wholly antinomian unless it relapsed into a state of internecine warfare between very small and unstable groups, which would be Hobbes’s state of nature.
    iv enemies in the gate

    Law in a Free State19th Century · English

    Seventeenth-century political philosopher whose doctrine of the State's absolute, unlimited power the author repeatedly affirms as factually accurate.

    it still remains unlimited despotism, as Hobbes rightly assumes.
    chapter 3
    and Henry George, which renders the writings of Hobbes so fascinating and so instructive.
    chapter 3
    And this is why Hobbes (who always built on fact) describes the power of the State as absolute.
    chapter 3