Thomas Hobbes Quotes
Do not that to another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself.
Citations
Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. Edited by Richard Tuck, Cambridge University Press, 1991, p. 109.
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general.