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  2. Hobbes's moral and political philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Hobbes’s moral philosophy is the fundamental starting point from which his political philosophy is developed. This moral philosophy outlines a general conceptual framework on human nature which is rigorously developed in The Elements of Law, De Cive and Leviathan. [5]

  3. Bellum omnium contra omnes - Wikipedia

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    In his Notes on the State of Virginia (1785), Thomas Jefferson uses the phrase bellum omnium in omnia ("war of all things against all things", assuming omnium is intended to be neuter like omnia) as he laments that the constitution of that state was twice at risk of being sacrificed to the nomination of a dictator after the manner of the Roman Republic.

  4. Thomas Hobbes - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hobbes was born on 5 April 1588 (Old Style), in Westport, now part of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England.Having been born prematurely when his mother heard of the coming invasion of the Spanish Armada, Hobbes later reported that "my mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear."

  5. Humankind: A Hopeful History - Wikipedia

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    Hobbes never denied the capacity for human beings to band together or even to care for one another as a community; he denied that humanity as a species could do so. The properties of oxytocin would seem to suggest Hobbes was correct, as does an even cursory knowledge of the history of human civilizations.

  6. Leviathan and the Air-Pump - Wikipedia

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    Instead, Hobbes posits that man's own agency is the place for natural philosophy, once again drawing on geometry: "'as we know, that, if the figure shown be a circle, then any straight line through the centre shall divide it into two equal parts.' 'And this,' Hobbes said, 'is the knowledge required in a philosopher.'" [26] Thus, belief played ...

  7. Top 10 moments on 'The View' in 2024: Kamala Harris bungles ...

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    ABC's "The View" was home to several contentious moments and prominent Democratic interviews in 2024, including a key moment of VP Kamala Harris' campaign.

  8. De Corpore - Wikipedia

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    Hobbes supervised an English translation of De Corpore, which was published in 1656. There were some changes, and a provocative appendix Six Lessons to the Professors of Mathematics was added. [ 7 ] It has been claimed that the translation was vitiated by errors, undermining its usefulness as a guide to Hobbes's philosophy of language . [ 8 ]

  9. Katie Hobbs' refusal to debate her opponents is a snub to voters

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    Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has refused to debate her opponents in the Democratic primary race for Arizona governor.