https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z Enlightenment Thinker Project en-us 2020-09-08 12:35:09 UTC 2024-07-29 14:56:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f940.png bassjl https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/734708136 Thomas Hobbes was a English philosopher, scientist and, historian, and best known for his political philosophy, especially articulated in his masterpiece. Thomas Hobbes best known work 'Leviathan' or 'The Matter, Form,and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil' ]]> 2020-09-10 12:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/734708136 bassjl https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/734731043 Thomas was born April 5th 1588. In  West-port Wiltshire, England. Thomas died December 3 1679 Hard wick Hall, Derbyshire. Hobbes father was a quick tempered vicar for a small church. He abandoned his 3 children to take care of his brother. At 4 Hobbes was sent to school in West-port, A private school and at 15 he went to the University of Oxford. 
He worked for wealthy and Cavendish Families. ]]> 2020-09-10 13:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/734731043 bassjl https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/735189301 Thomas defended materialism, the view that materials things are real. All of his observed phenomena as the effects of matter and motion. Hobbes contribution as a political philosopher who justified wide ranged government powers. Interested a lot of citizens. ]]> 2020-09-10 14:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/735189301 bassjl https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/735267350 In 1640 with England on the branch of Civil war, the royalist fled to Paris fearing the reaction to long Parliament of his writing. HE remanded in exile for 11 years. Between 1646 and 1648 Hobbes was a Math teacher tutor to Prince of Wales (Future Charles II) who was also in exile. For Hobbes the only way for a man to life himself out of his state of fear was to give up his freedom, and make a social contract. ]]> 2020-09-10 14:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/735267350 bassjl https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/739080346 Hobbes felt that monarchy provided the best authority. He also claimed that sovereign power was absolute, the sovereign must also be head of the national religion. He was resulting to be hostile to the Roman Catholic Church. This made him unpopular with the french authorities, and inn 1651 he returned to England.]]> 2020-09-11 15:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bassjl/f4ru8eaa7g4tpc4z/wish/739080346