Any parent that raises his kid on Calvin and Hobbes is worthy. From Wordnik.com. [calvin faces | My[confined]Space] Reference
Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Calvin & Hobbes Now Available For Pre-Order | Kung Fu Rodeo] Reference
This Hobbes is a self-proclaimed coward and he’s a thorough scoundrel as well, but he’s an interesting — and cheeky — character. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2008 » September] Reference
Mr. Macaulay, however, calls Hobbes the most acute and vigorous spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
Many people have called Hobbes an atheist, both during his lifetime and more recently. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Hobbes] Reference
To paraphrase Hobbes, the people must create a sovereign power: Leviathan, which once created acquires all power. From Wordnik.com. [Leviathan or Post-War Trends in Government and Business] Reference
The majority of the world has always had lives that could be characterized as Hobbes wrote as "nasty, brutish, and short". From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Tony Mott had called Hobbes, with whom the Computer Crimes Unit had often worked in the past, and asked him to come into the office. From Wordnik.com. [Forgetfulness] Reference
Victoria Hobbes is somewhat of an enigma. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: The Affinity Bridge by George Mann] Reference
In contrast to political models in Hobbes and. From Wordnik.com. [Article Abstracts] Reference
"Hobbes" himself, as a self-sufficient person, and a great admirer or lover of himself. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850] Reference
Leibniz shares this view of ethics with other important seventeenth-century thinkers, such as Hobbes (1588-1679), Spinoza. From Wordnik.com. [Leibniz's Ethics] Reference
Reactionary political theorists such as Hobbes liked to conceive the state in terms of an ordered system, a sort of clockwork. From Wordnik.com. [Destroying the Old Order « Isegoria] Reference
But many other philosophers, such as Hobbes, Hutcheson and Hume took the emotions to be the driving source of our practical reason. From Wordnik.com. [17th and 18th Century Theories of Emotions] Reference
A very few authors such as Hobbes have assigned positive connotations to the term; some others such as Bodin. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Even books scientific in form such as Hobbes's "Leviathan" or Harrington's "Oceana" are but registered results of a long discussion. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
Hobbes, which is so much admired by Mr. Hazlitt. From Wordnik.com. [A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory] Reference
Hobbes must enter the Realm and take out Santiago. From Wordnik.com. [The Y-Files?] Reference
Hobbes, as much by social position as by intellect. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
This, too, was the great fundamental error of Hobbes. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Hobbes smoked, after his early dinner, pipes innumerable. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
The earliest is by Hobbes, the best is by Jowett, Oxford. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
For an excellent summary of the views of Hobbes, Locke, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
Hobbes, the philosopher, says man is the only animal that laughs. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
Hobbes claims that the only basis of right and wrong is the civil law. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880] Reference
When Hobbes gave an account of "the passions that incline men to peace,". From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Was Hobbes really self-seeking when he gave the sixpence to the old beggar?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
It made its April debut in 160 papers, a bigger launch than "Calvin and Hobbes.". From Wordnik.com. [What's The Color Of Funny?] Reference
Hobbes saw in the break-up of a particular government the dissolution of society. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
Before we side with either Hobbes or Rousseau, let's just remember -- they're dead. From Wordnik.com. [Spiritual Lives: July 4 and the Irish Debate Team] Reference
Hobbes may be quoted as a supporter of the rule of the Stuarts, and equally of the rule of Cromwell. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
Fountain of all law are shut out of the world, was perfectly agreeable to the atheistical philosophy of Hobbes. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
But the error of Locke is a noble and generous sentiment when compared with the odious dogma of Hobbes and Whewell. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Our citations from Hobbes and Bentham and Green reveal that these writers never think of giving reasons why a man should seek his own good. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
In discussing the vocabulary to be employed by the translator, Hobbes professes opinions not unlike those of the sixteenth-century critics. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.

