Scott Harrison: Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury thought
Life was nasty and brutish and short;
But contracts, once made,
Would come to our aid,
And ensure modest comfort—at court.
—Peter Alexander
Hobbes has no abstracta
Just entia tacta—
what isn't in chunks
flunks.
—Brian Leftow
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