hobbesian

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von hobbesian im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized competition among participants

{i} follower of the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes

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Hobbes·i·an

Etymologie

() The term is derived from the name of the 17th century English author Thomas Hobbes. The book for which Thomas Hobbes is best known, Leviathan, describes a situation of unrestrained, selfish and uncivilized competition.