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Thomas Hobbes

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Profession
Philosopher
Died
Dec 4, age 91
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Born in
England
About
Seventeenth-century philosopher whose master work, Leviathan, was a key text in the development of political philosophy in the Western world.
Family
His father, Thomas Hobbes Sr., served as Vicar of both Westport and Charlton. Thomas Hobbes Jr. was born prematurely, in part because of his mother's terror over the Spanish Armada's imminent invasion.

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