Author: Thomas Hobbes
Alternate names: THOMAS HOBBES; HOBBES, THOMAS, 1588-1679.; Thomas Hobbs Malmesburiensis; Thomas, Hobbs; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679; Hobbes Thomas 1588-1679; Thomas Hobbe; Thomas Thomas Hobbes; HOBBES THOMAS; Thomas Hobbess; Thomas HOBBES; Thomas 1588-1679 Hobbes; thomas hobbes
Born: 5 April 1588
Died: 4 December 1679
Bio: Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.

Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history, geometry, physics of gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and political science. His account of human nature as self-interested cooperation has proved to be an enduring theory in the field of philosophical anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers who founded materialism.<sup>[1][1]</sup>


  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes