Thomas Hobbes
1. Who said,’ it is not wisdom but authority makes a law’:
a) John Locke
b) Machiavelli
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) Rosseau
Ans: c) Thomas Hobbes
2. Who among the following is an English philosopher:
a) Aristotle
b) Rousseau
c) Machiavelli
d) Thomas Hobbes
Ans: d) Thomas Hobbes
3. Which of the following is/are the major works of Thomas Hobbes:
a) De homine
b) Leviathan
c) The Cive
d) All of the above
Ans: d) All of the above
4. The book Leviathan was published in:
a) 1651
b) 1650
c) 1652
d) 1653
Ans: a) 1651
5. Who is the chief exponent of ‘divine right of the king’:
a) Plato
b) Aristotle
c) Hobbes
d) Robert Filmer
Ans: d) Robert Filmer
6. Which following political thinker is an early exponent of ‘individualism’ and ends up as a champion on of ‘absolutism’:
a) Locke
b) Hobbes
c) Plato
d) Machiavelli
Ans: b) Hobbes
6.Hobbes was inspired by:
a) Galileo’s Theory of Motion
b) Aristotle’s concept of Justice
c) Machiavelli’s art of statecraft
d) None of these
Ans: a) Galileo’s Theory of Motion
8. Who said, Life of man is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”:
a) Locke
b) Hobbes
c) Plato
d) Machiavelli

Ans: b) Hobbes
9. Who defined Sovereignty as ‘ supreme power over citizens and subjects, unrestrained by law’:
a) Locke
b) Hobbes
c) Plato
d) Jean Bodin
Ans: d) Jean Bodin
10. The Hobbesian social contract is based on:
a) Desire for peace
b) Selfishness
c) Fear
d) Completion
Ans: a) Desire for peace
11. ‘Leviathan’ is written by:
a) Locke
b) Hobbes
c) Plato
d) Machiavelli
Ans: b) Hobbes
12. Natural liberty is nothing but ‘self-preservation’:
a) Locke
b) Hobbes
c) Plato
d) Machiavelli
Ans: b) Hobbes
13. Who said, ‘ Hobbes’s morality is essentially a bourgeois morality’:
a) Barker
b) Sabine
c) Macpherson
d) None of these
Ans: c) Macpherson
Important books written by Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651) De Cive (1642) De Corpore (1655) De Homine (1658) Behemoth (1668) |
Important Quotes of Thomas Hobbes: –“Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy” -“The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone”. -“Curiosity is the lust of the mind”. -“It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law”. -“Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” -“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.” -“Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.” |
Important Facts about Thomas Hobbes:
Thomas Hobbes born (5 April 1588-4 December 1679) was an English Philosopher.
- Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan.
- Hobbes was influenced by Galileo’s Theory of Motion.
- Hobbes highlighted important concepts like:
- Human Nature
- State of Nature
- Absolute Sovereignty(Leviathan)
- Social Contract Theory
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