Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, was an English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy.

10 posts

Directions Either Way

by Philip Sidney and Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Nov 30, 2025 — 5 min read

To buy, or not to buy, that is the question: | Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to abstain | The things and sorrows of consumer debt,Or to take action against your creditors

A goD Willing Tragedy

by Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Dec 5, 2024 — 4 min read

It sounds like a law of diminishing returns, a meltdown of rationality towards conflict and dangerous games of chance.

Let's Avoid War at All Costs

by Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Dec 4, 2024 — 4 min read

Leave it to the Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes and George Steiner in Figures of Speech Dec 4, 2024 — 7 min read

And killed the cat

by Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Dec 4, 2024 — 4 min read

Authorized Authority

by Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Dec 4, 2024 — 4 min read

I Guess I Will Quit My Day Job

by Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Dec 4, 2024 — 4 min read

Power is synonymous with Struggle

by Thomas Hobbes and others in Figures of Speech Jul 31, 2024 — 10 min read

Its Fiction's Fault, I Seam to Remember

by Michel de Montaigne and others in Figures of Speech Jul 31, 2024 — 5 min read

Ex Nihilo; Out of nothing

by Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Figures of Speech Jun 28, 2024 — 5 min read

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