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Books by Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was an English philosopher whose work on political theory, geometry, and the philosophy of mind made him one of the most important and controversial thinkers of the seventeenth century. He was educated at Oxford and spent much of his career in the households of noble families, giving him access to the political debates of his era. His other major works include De Cive and a translation of Thucydides. He lived through the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration, and his political views were shaped by each phase of that turbulent period.