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Hobbes (THOMAS an English philosopher)

THOMAS, an English philosopher; born in Malmesbury, in 1588. He lived on intimate terms with Bacon, Ben Jonson and all the distinguished men of his time; he became tutor to the Prince of Wales, afterward Charles II., and though many of his philosophical and political opinions have been condemned, he must be considered the father of psychology, and the first great English writer on the science of government. His principal works are the treatises "On the Citizen" and "The Leviathan," both of which were censured by Parliament in 1666; "Human Nature"; "On the Body Politic"; "On Liberty, Necessity and Cause"; and "Behemoth." He died in 1679.