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Biography Thomas Hobbes was born near Wiltshire, England on April 5, 1588. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the age of four, then to the Malmesbury school, then a private school. Hobbes excelled in school and was sent to Oxford and entered Magdalen Hall. Magdalen Hall possessed very Puritan ideals, which influenced Hobbes. Early studies consisted of Greek and Latin authors. This produced Hobbes’ translation of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War from Greek to English, the first of its kind. In 1637, Hobbes released Elements of Law which indicates Hobbes’ initial political doctrine was not shaped by the English Civil War. After fleeing England for Paris, Hobbes wrote a critique on the “Meditations on First Philosophy” of Descartes in 1641. Upon returning to the English Civil War in 1642, Hobbes’ most influential doctrine was composed called “Leviathan.” “Leviathan” would become one of the bases for all subsequent Western political philosophy. Later notable works towards the end of Hobbes’ life were a complete translation of both “Iliad” and “Odyssey” in 1675. Hobbes died from a paralytic stroke in 1679 and was buried in Derbyshire, England.