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.

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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

I've been playing with the idea or ideal of a marshal plan of sorts. Is it a perversion or our only option? The singularity of this type of thinking is undoubtedly flawed, this I am certain. Basically, it goes like this...

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

Directions Either Way

by Philip Sidney and Thomas Hobbes in Figures of Speech Oct 17, 2024 — 5 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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