Hobbes
hob·bes
noun
1.
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
Origin
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.
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