Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Thomas Hobbes or his doctrines. See
Hobbism .
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November 2, 2009, 4: 55 pm morganovich: this is commonly called a hobbesian dilemma.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Arrest Him? He Should Be Named The Obama Stimulus Czar 2009
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He's very likeable … in a cuddly, hobbesian, market fundamentalist kinda way
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He's very likeable … in a cuddly, hobbesian, market fundamentalist kinda way
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Iraq isn't any better off because Maximum Leader Genius and his merry band of sociopaths _intended_ to convert the near east into a hobbesian state from the Great Wall of Israel all the way to the border of Pakistan can't do farther east than that, because Pakistan has nukes and if there's one constant about the United States, it's that we're a bunch of mewling cowards when it comes to dictatorships that possess the Bomb.
on supposedly liberal people supporting hillary clinton 2007
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Hey, we bombed the living crap out of them, and they’re living in a hobbesian jungle.
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The chapter on ‘Violence’, for example, which he uses to bolster his argument for harsh sentencing and policing, is mostly just a description of hobbesian theory and theoretical conflicts, but where it does spill into neuroscience, the veneer to justify its inclusion, it’s just wrong.
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