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Birth of Hobbes
Born In England, and studied at Oxford University -
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Hicks' Thomas Hobbes timeline
https://monthlyreview.org/2018/02/01/preface-to-beyond-leviathan/#lightbox/0/
for the leviathan image
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14174.html Galileo photo
https://www.britannica.com/event/English-Civil-Wars civil war photo -
Trip to Paris
traveled to Paris to learn more about philosophy -
Visited Galileo Galilei
in Florence while Galileo was under house arrest -
Wrote The Elements of Law
Hobbes described humans as, self centered and are motivated to do make their own lives better -
English Civil war
sparked the idea of the Leviathan -
Taught Charles II
Hobbes taught Charles II mathematics after he traveled to Paris -
Thomas Hobbes became ill
during this time he got sick with an illness that nearly killed him but left him disabled for 6 months -
Leviathan Finished
His idea of a central government to avoid civil war and avoid the English civil war again -
Last Philosophical Works
De Homine fleshed out his ideas in Human Nature and the Leviathan -
Death of Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes past away from a paralytic stroke at 91 years old.
and his last words were, "A great leap into the dark."
