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Hobbes

  [hobz]
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–noun
Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
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Hobbes   (hŏbz)   
English philosopher and political theorist best known for his book Leviathan (1651), in which he argues that the only way to secure civil society is through universal submission to the absolute authority of a sovereign.
Hobbes'i·an adj.
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