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Hobbesianadjective
involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized competition among participants.
Etymology: 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.
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Hobbesian
Thomas Hobbes ( HOBZ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
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The numerical value of Hobbesian in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of Hobbesian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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Today, of course, the redistributive powers of Congress are everywhere -- except in the Constitution. The result is the feeding frenzy that is modern Washington, the Hobbesian war of all against all as each tries to get his share and more of the common pot the tax system fills. ... It is unseemly and wrong. More than that, it is unconstitutional, whatever the slim and cowed majority on the New Deal Court may have said.
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