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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), born at Malmesbury (supposedly frightened before his birth by the approach of the Spanish [[Armada]]) and educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Like [[John Milton]], he travelled to the European continent and met Galileo Galilei, Descartes and Mersenne. Briefly worked as mathematical tutor to the exiled King [[Charles II]], but returned to England and submitted to the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] regime in 1652. Got a pension after the [[Restoration]] in 1660. | Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), born at Malmesbury (supposedly frightened before his birth by the approach of the Spanish [[Armada]]) and educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Like [[John Milton]], he travelled to the European continent and met Galileo Galilei, Descartes and Mersenne. Briefly worked as mathematical tutor to the exiled King [[Charles II]], but returned to England and submitted to the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] regime in 1652. Got a pension after the [[Restoration]] in 1660. Known as influential political philosopher, most famously for ''[[The Leviathan]]'' (1651). | ||
Known as influential political philosopher, most famously for ''The Leviathan'' (1651). | |||
==Sources:== | ==Sources:== | ||
''Oxford Companion to Literature | ''Oxford Companion to Literature'' | ||
''Longer Biography available on Luminarium.org [http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/hobbes/hobbesbio.htm] | ''Longer Biography available on Luminarium.org [http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/hobbes/hobbesbio.htm] | ||
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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), born at Malmesbury (supposedly frightened before his birth by the approach of the Spanish Armada) and educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Like John Milton, he travelled to the European continent and met Galileo Galilei, Descartes and Mersenne. Briefly worked as mathematical tutor to the exiled King Charles II, but returned to England and submitted to the Commonwealth regime in 1652. Got a pension after the Restoration in 1660. Known as influential political philosopher, most famously for The Leviathan (1651).
Sources:
Oxford Companion to Literature
Longer Biography available on Luminarium.org [1]
Kersting, Wolfgang: Thomas Hobbes, Hamburg: Junius 2004.
Röd, Wolfgang: Der Weg der Philosophie, Hamburg: [Publishing House?] 1996.