Our declaration of revolt against kings and intrusive parliaments was possible because of the theoretical framework provided ...

In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes set forth the argument that when “men live without other security than what their own strength ...

Skinner’s earlier books on the subject, such as 2008’s Hobbes and Republican Liberty, had focused on his cherished 17th century, in this case seeking to show how Thomas Hobbes had laid waste ...

Justice Thomas has made similar pronouncements in many other judicial opinions. His concurring opinion in 2007's Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 is perhaps ...

This correlates with his namesake, Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes’ most famous work is 1651’s Leviathan, in which he lays bare the ...

The reference point for this imagined Superbowl game is the centuries-old debate between the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704), which I will get to ...

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the ...

The dog's name appears to be a play on 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan," in which he described human existence as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." ...

After Hull Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he toured Europe (hence missing much of the civil wars) and ...

Article Published: 20 June 1942 MODERN SCIENCE AND THOMAS HOBBES A. E. BELL Nature 149, 688–690 (1942) Cite this article ...

The philosopher Thomas Hobbes is our best guide to the underlying logic of current American politics, that is, as to how and why extreme civil strife seems to invite one-man rule.