1. “Hell Is Truth Seen Too Late” To truly understand Hobbes’ famous quote, “Hell is truth seen too late,” we must first familiarize ourselves with his philosophical ideas. Thomas Hobbes ...

Thomas Hobbes is renowned for his critically acclaimed ... his main work lay in the idea of his social contract theory, put forth in his famous Leviathan (1651). He was one of the first proponents ...

It is difficult to have anything but a great deal of admiration for someone who managed to annoy as diverse a group of people as did Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679). Parliamentarians were annoyed by h ...

Over the years, I have read and reread the antics of Calvin and Hobbes religiously. For years every Sunday, Father John Langan came to St. Thomas Catholic Church in Reston from Georgetown ...

Writer and psychologist Steven Pinker joins Matthew Parris to discuss the life of the great English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Noel Malcolm provides expert analysis. Show more Thomas Hobbes ...

By Helen Thompson In his 1651 masterpiece, Leviathan, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes insisted that ... and there for Hobbes lay the source of violent disorder. [See also: Boris Johnson’s great gamble] ...