1. Hobbes - Noun
2. Hobbes - Proper noun
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
Source: WordNetHobbes clearly proves that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature. Jonathan Swift
[I]n the past two decades anthropologists have gathered data on life and death in pre-state societies rather than accepting the warm and fuzzy stereotypes. What did they find? In a nutshell: Hobbes was right, Rousseau was wrong. Steven Pinker
Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure. Bill Watterson
I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips. Bill Griffith
Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece. Bill Griffith
I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over The Onion or Calvin and Hobbes. That was considered completely normal. Simon Rich