Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588 in Westport, England, reportedly prematurely when his mother was frightened by news of the approaching Spanish Armada. Educated at Oxford, he spent much of his career as a tutor and intellectual companion to aristocratic families, traveling widely in Europe and engaging with the leading scientific and philosophical minds of his era, including Galileo and Descartes. The upheaval of the English Civil War, during which he lived in exile in Paris, provided the immediate impetus for Leviathan, published in 1651. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Leviathan.