Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
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Hobbes shaped modern political thought with Leviathan, his 1651 treatise on why humans need authoritarian structures to avoid chaos. The social contract theory he popularized still dominates how we think about government legitimacy.
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and political theorist, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
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