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A Short Biography of Thomas Hobbes

Author Name:

Thomas Hobbes

Born As:

Thomas Hobbes

Other Names:

Thomas Hobbes

Born:

5 Apr 1588

Died:

4 Dec 1679




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Political philosopher                          
Selected Works:

Translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War - 1629
The Elements of Law, Natural and Political, written in 1640 and comprising:
Human Nature, or the Fundamental Elements of Policie
De Corpore Politico
Elementa philosophica - 1651–8
De Cive - Latin - 1642
Philosophicall Rudiments concerning Government and Society - English translation of De Cive - 1651
De Corpore - Latin - 1655
De Corpore - English translation - 1656
De Homine - Latin - 1658

Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civil - 1651
The Questions concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance - 1656
Latin translation of the Leviathan - 1668
English translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey - 1675

Behemoth, or The Long Parliament - written in 1668, unpublished at the request of the King - 1681.