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Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
social contract
concept in political philosophy
state of nature
hypothetical conditions of human life before society
bellum omnium contra omnes
Latin phrase coined by Thomas Hobbes
scientia potentia est
Latin aphorism often claimed to mean organized "knowledge is power"
multitude
group of people
Gondibert
Gondibert is an epic poem by William Davenant. In it he attempts to combine the five-act structure of English Renaissance drama with the Homeric and Virgilian epic literary tradition. Davenant also sought to incorporate modern philosophical theories about government and passion, based primarily in the work of Thomas Hobbes, to whom Davenant sent drafts of the poem for review.