Who is Thomas Hobbes? (Teetat)

Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5, 1588 and died on December 4, 1679. Thomas Hobbes is a English Philosopher in the 17th century. He wrote a book call Leviathan which is the most popular book he had wrote. He believe that human are selfish creatures who would do anything to better their position. When he was 14 years old he went to Magdalen Hall in Oxford to study, already an excellent student of Latin and Greek. He left Oxford in 1608, and became the private tutor for the eldest son of Lord Cavendish of Hardwick (later known as the Earl of Devonshire). He traveled with his pupil in 1610 to France, Italy, and Germany. He then went to London to continue his studies, where he met other leading scholars like Francis Bacon, Herbert of Cherbury, and Ben Johnson.