"The source of every Crime, is some defect of the Understanding; or some error in Reasoning; or some sudden force of the Passions."
About Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and political theorist, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
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