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He was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Enters Magdalen Hall, Oxford where he studies scholastic philosophy with little enthusiasm but does well in logic.
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Receives bachelor's degree and becomes tutor to the son of William Cavendish.
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Publication of his English translation of Thucydides through which he intended to show the English the dangers of democracy.
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William Cavendish dies and Hobbes becomes tutor for the son of Sir Gervase Clinton.
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Travels to Italy where he meets with Galileo. He develops his social philosophy on principles of geometry and natural science.
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Returns to England where the king and parliament are in a heated struggle.
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Hobbes Circulates his manuscript Elements of Law
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At the age of 86, publishes a translation of both the Iliad and the Odessey
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Publication of De Cive and First Draught of 1646 the Optiques. Begins De Corpore, the first work in a trilogy on body, man and citizen.