Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who was lived from 1588-1679. He attended Oxford University where he studied classics. His occupation was a tutor, but he also traveled around Europe to meet with scientists and to study different forms of government. He became interested in why people allowed themselves to be ruled, and what would be the best form of government for England. Thomas Hobbes was the first great figure in modern moral philosophy. Hobbes …showed first 75 words of 518 total…

…showed last 75 words of 518 total…were directly in contact with God. In fact, during Thomas Hobbes' life, people often used spirituality as an excuse to disobey the government and the church. Hobbes believed that all thoughts and sensations in the mind are produced mechanically by the senses and the brain, but the problem is that our mind doesn't always tell us the truth, it often tells us things we want to believe, or things that we're afraid might be true.