Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher (1588–1679)

concept in political philosophy

hypothetical conditions of human life before society

Latin phrase coined by Thomas Hobbes

Latin aphorism often claimed to mean organized "knowledge is power"

group of people

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.