CHAPTER 5
Thomas Hobbes
INTRODUCTION
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) is one of the most controversial and important figures in the history of western political thought. He was an English-born political philosopher famous for his social contract theory. Due to his alleged atheism and blasphemy, he was also known as the ‘Monster of Malmsbury’ as he was born in Malmsbury, England. It was Thomas Hobbes who expounded the absolutist theory of sovereignty for the first time. According to G. H. Sabine, Thomas Hobbes was probably the greatest writer of political philosophy that English-speaking people have produced. Karl Marx himself is said to have remarked that ‘Thomas Hobbes was the father of us all,’ because Thomas Hobbes used scientific principles for ...
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