Hobbes - (Jordyn Fabiano) My name is Thomas Hobbes. I was born on April 5, 1588 and died on December 4, 1679. Not only am I an author of Leviathan, but I also the founder of modern philosophy. I also contributed to the study of history, geometry, and the physics of gasses. I developed some of the components of European liberal thought: the right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the artificial character of the political order; the view that all legitimate political power must be "representative" and based on the consent of the people; and a liberal interpretation of law which leaves people free to do things that are within the law. I believe in the sovereign being.
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