Robin teaches political science at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is the author of Fear: the History of a Political Idea, [2] which aims to ...

When it comes to 17th-century English philosophers, Thomas Hobbes holds a lot of appeal. He wrote with vivid prose, rich argument and a stinging wit. He was also ahead of his time. Nearly 400 years ...

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was one of the most influential of all political philosophers. His book Leviathan virtually founded the study of the modern state. When Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in ...

In the mid-17th century, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan, the masterpiece of English political thought, to justify sovereignty. He insisted that it cannot be divided, from which starting ...

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The perpetual cycle of lockdowns has shown the reality of the Hobbesian state, where authority is backed by coercion, and the problem with his belief in one all-powerful sovereign. By Helen Thompson ...

English materialist philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote 'Leviathan' in 1651 while living in exile after the overthrow of the monarchy in Great Britain. It established the agenda for nearly all subsequent ...

Writer and psychologist Steven Pinker joins Matthew Parris to discuss the life of the great English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Noel Malcolm provides expert analysis. Show more Thomas Hobbes: the ...