Thomas Hobbes was a very influential English philosopher in the 17th century. Hobbes was instrumental in the development of modern political philosophy and political science and he helped lay the foundation of European liberal thought. Hobbes' most famous work is Leviathan which established social contract theory. The book was published near the end of the English Civil War and is considered to be one of the most important books of philosophy ever written.
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