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Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for his publications on individual security and the social contract, which are important statements of both the nascent ideas of liberalism and the longstanding assumptions of political absolutism characteristic of the times.
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• Humane nature: or, The fundamental elements of policy. 1650.
• De corpore politico. Or The elements of lavv, moral & politick. 1650.
• Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society. Or, A dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred. 1651.
• Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, and power of a common wealth, ecclesiasticall and civil. 1651.
• Of libertie and necessitie. 1654.
• Elementorum philosophi. 1655.
• Six lessons to the professors of the mathematiques. 1656.
• The questions concerning liberty, necessity, and chance. 1656.
• Stigmai age. 1657.
• Examinatio & emendatio mathematic. 1660.
• Dialogus physicus, sive, De natura aeris. 1661.
• Problemata physica. 1662.
• Mr. Hobbes considered in his loyalty, religion, reputation, and manners. 1662.
• Ad nobilissimum dominum Gulielmum comitem Devoni. 1666.
• De principiis & ratiocinatione geometrarum. 1666.
• Quadratura circuli, cubatio sph. 1669.
• Three papers presented to the Royal Society against Dr. Wallis. 1671.
• Rosetum geometricum, sive, Propositiones aliquot frustra antehac tentat. 1671.
• Principia et problemata aliquot geometrica. 1674.
• Epistola Thom. 1674.
• De mirabilibus pecci. 1678.
• Decameron physiologicum, or, Ten dialogues of natural philosophy. 1678.
• The history of the civil wars of England from the year 1640 to 1660. 1679.
• Behemoth, or, An epitome of the civil wars of England, from 1640 to 1660. 1680.
• An historical narration concerning heresie and the punishment thereof. 1680.
• The art of rhetoric, with A discourse of the laws of England. 1681.