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| region = Western Philosophers | |||
| era = [[17th-century philosophy]]<br />(Modern Philosophy) | |||
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| name = Thomas Hobbes | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1588|4|5|df=yes}} | |||
| birth_place = Westport, Wiltshire, England | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1679|12|4|1588|4|5|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = Derbyshire, England | |||
| school_tradition = [[Social contract]], [[political realism|classical realism]], [[empiricism]], [[materialism]], [[ethical egoism]] | |||
| main_interests = [[Political philosophy]], history, ethics, [[geometry]] | |||
| influences = [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Epicurus]], [[Thucydides]], [[Tacitus]], [[Lucretius]], [[Galileo]], [[Machiavelli]], [[Descartes]] | |||
| influenced = [[Joseph Butler|Butler]], [[Leibniz]], [[Spinoza]]; [[Locke]] | |||
| notable_ideas = Modern founder of the [[social contract]] tradition; life in the [[state of nature]] is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"}} | |||
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| Born |
5 April 1588 Westport, Wiltshire, England |
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| Died |
4 December 1679 (aged 91) Derbyshire, England |
| Era |
17th-century philosophy (Modern Philosophy) |
| Region | Western Philosophers |
| School | Social contract, classical realism, empiricism, materialism, ethical egoism |
| Main interests | Political philosophy, history, ethics, geometry |
| Notable ideas | Modern founder of the social contract tradition; life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" |
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