Medieval & Modern Philosophy · Early modern
Thomas Hobbes
The philosopher of order: born of fear in 1588, writing Leviathan after the English Civil War, the state of nature as a war of all against all, the social contract to an absolute sovereign, and his link to game theory.
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Prereqs: Machiavelli. Next: Locke; Rousseau. Sources: Hobbes, *Leviathan* (1651); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Hobbes's Moral and Political Philosophy'; Yale PLSC 114 (Steven Smith).Next: 1. Context