hobbist
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1HOBBIST + NOUN
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noun
One who follows the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes; a Hobbesian.
[I]f a Chriſtian, vvho has the view of Happineſs and Miſery in another Life, be asked vvhy a Man muſt keep his VVord, he vvill give this as a Reaſon: Becauſe God, vvho has the Povver of eternal Life and Death, requires it of us. But if an Hobbiſt be asked vvhy; he vvill anſvver, Becauſe the Publick requires it, and the Leviathan vvill puniſh you, if you do not.
Many of the accused were Hobbists and Infidels, and some common ill-living Protestants: Shall all the Hobbists, and Infidels, and ill-living Protestants be Extirpated for their faults?
adj
Hobbesian.
He had a Hobbist vision of ‘the whole world consuming in the fire of envy one against another’, from which quietism was the only escape.
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3[I]f a Chriſtian, vvho has the view of Happineſs and Miſery in another Life, be asked vvhy a Man muſt keep his VVord, he vvill give this as a Reaſon: Becauſe God, vvho has the Povver of eternal Life a
WiktionaryMany of the accused were Hobbists and Infidels, and some common ill-living Protestants: Shall all the Hobbists, and Infidels, and ill-living Protestants be Extirpated for their faults?
WiktionaryHe had a Hobbist vision of ‘the whole world consuming in the fire of envy one against another’, from which quietism was the only escape.
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