Well, well! Thomas Hobbes is an answer on Pointless this evening. Worth 27 points.

THE THOMAS HOBBES ANNUAL SUPPER 21st NOVEMBER 2025, Malmesbury Town Hall Tickets are on sale for our popular evening dinner event ending with an after dinner talk by Dr. John McCormack: Thomas Hobbes - The Executive in the Boardroom. Click for details and tickets. www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org

THE THOMAS HOBBES ANNUAL SUPPER 21st NOVEMBER 2025, Malmesbury Town Hall Tickets are on sale for our popular evening dinner event ending with an after dinner talk by Dr. John McCormack: Thomas Hobbes - The Executive in the Boardroom. Click for details and tickets. www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org

Thomas Hobbes, 1640s. By William Dobson (bapt. 4 Mar 1611, buried #otd 28 Oct 1646) The Royal Society

Nice mention in @historytoday.com this month, that Thomas Hobbes was the first to properly translate The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides into English. #polymath

3 Sept 1668: Samuel Pepys notes #otd that Thomas Hobbes' 'Leviathan' is selling for three or four times the original price of 8 shillings (NPG) #HotBook

This is the grave of Thomas Hobbes. It took me two trips to England and a half dozen mini adventures to find it. This is what Hobbes scholars do. Eventually, I learned that it was INSIDE the church, not in the graveyard… 1/2

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 05 (of 11) by Thomas Hobbes https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76650

Interesting discussion of Civility in this week’s episode of In Our Time, including thoughts on the contribution of Thomas Hobbes from @tmbejan.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury display in the Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury. #skystorians #history #philsky #philosophy #17thC

On This Day, 21st May 1633, Thomas Hobbes was present along with King Charles I at a performance of Ben Jonson's play 'Loves Welcome' at Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire. One character in the play was based on Hobbes, and he may even have taken part in the performance. #OTD #17thC #drama

There is no admission charge, but tickets are required, available here… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aldhelm-an... Contributions to the Abbey Roof fund welcome. #Malmesbury #MalmesburyAbbey

Probably the most well-known quote from Thomas Hobbes: "the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." is probably also the most misapplied and misinterpreted. We should read all of Ch 13 of Leviathan for the full context, or if not, at least read the full paragraph. #philsky

On This Day, 22nd April 1606, the death of Edmond Hobbes, burgess of Malmesbury and great uncle of the Philosopher Thomas Hobbes. #OTD #History #Philsky #Skystorians

Thomas Hobbes grew up in Malmesbury around the end of the 16th Century, a time of feuding between local gentry families, disputed supremacy of local authority between the Manor of Malmesbury and the Borough, accusations of witchcraft, famine and revolts of the poor commoners. #Skystorians #Philsky

#OnThisDay 15 April 1651 was the first publication of Thomas Hobbes' book ‘Leviathan’ - an influential study on the nature of government, heavily influenced by the events of the #EnglishCivilWar. #17thCentury #OTD

Probably the most well-known quote from Thomas Hobbes: "the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." is probably also the most misapplied and misinterpreted. We should read all of Ch 13 of Leviathan for the full context, or if not, at least read the full paragraph. #philsky

I'm holding a first 'head' edition of Hobbes' Leviathan, 1651. In Malmesbury, at the Thomas Hobbes Festival last weekend. Life can be sweet.

In Malmesbury, UK, I found the perfect pizza. Four books in the 'Leviathan ', four sections in the pizza.

Last picture before surveying and backfilling. Clearly defined wall matching the map research for the location of a former cottage owned by the Hobbes family on the street in front of the URC, Westport, Malmesbury.

The final morning of the Hobbes Dig in Malmesbury. Well defined walls now emerging in both trenches, each side of the path in the garden if the UR Church. The footprint of the Hobbes birthplace house becoming clear? #archaeology #skyphil

Dr Christopher Ray ready to begin his talk on Hobbesian Paradoxes this afternoon.

Remembered this weekend in Malmesbury with events organised by @thomhobbessociety.bsky.social

The Mayor of Malmesbury dropping in on the Hobbes Dig.

The first guided walk of Hobbes’s Westport sets off from the URC.

Digging under way on day 2 of the Hobbes Dig in Malmesbury. The possible wall of the Hobbes cottage is exposed.

The Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Society festival weekend continues today with the Hobbes Dig, Guided Walks of Hobbes’s Westport and two talks on Hobbes’s philosophical legacy. #History #philsky Full details here… www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events

Landmark work on the social contract: Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes, born #OTD 1588, argued that without government, there is no industry, knowledge, culture, society and “the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish & short.” Frontispiece by French printmaker Abraham Bosse, British Museum

Happy birthday Thomas Hobbes 🎂 Four more years of the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate and life will once again be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

Tony McAleavy kicking off the opening event of this year’s Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival. #philsky #skystorians #17thC

Tomorrow I'm giving a talk on Hobbes and 'The Hunger Games', in Malmesbury, Hobbes's hometown. And today I find that the local bookshop in Malmesbury has done this! A whole window! That's me with Amanda, owner of the fabulous Barn Owl Books.

First find from the Thomas Hobbes dig this weekend. A 17th Century pipe bowl, imprinted with the Fry family name. (Fry were a known family who operated a business on the horse fair in Malmesbury)

The first event of the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival 2025 is today! Tony McAleavy presents his talk this evening. Tony has revealed that it will include new research on the exact location of Thomas Hobbes's childhood home. Just a few tickets left if you want to join us! #History #Wiltshire

On Friday 4 April at 7.30 pm in Malmesbury Town Hall, Tony McAleavy will give a talk revealing his new findings based on documentary evidence as to where the Hobbes family house may have stood. This evidence will inform the work of the archaeologists during the Hobbes Dig at the weekend.

Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, but "may the odds be ever in your favor”. My talk, next Saturday, on Hobbes's birthday (April 5th), in Hobbes's hometown (Malmesbury). See here for details: thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events

More coverage of the Thomas Hobbes festival coming up at the weekend in Malmesbury. #philsky #history #Wiltshire www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/2502227...

Not long now until the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival 2025 weekend. 4th-6th April in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Visit www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events for event details and ticketing. #philsky #philosophy

Political theorists! Have you ever seen a 1st edition of Hobbes' masterpiece "Leviathan"? Would you like to see it? It's on show at the Thomas Hobbes Festival, April 4-6, 2025. Come to Malmesbury! I'll be giving a talk on Hobbes & The Hunger Games on Hobbes' birthday, April 5th.

Part of the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury festival.. Hobbes Today: from The Lord of the Flies to The Hunger Games by Dr. Vittorio Bufacchi. @vittorio66.bsky.social 7.30pm, Saturday April 5th in The Old Bell Hotel, Malmesbury. Tickets £10 online or from Malmesbury Town Hall. #philsky #philosophy

Not long now until the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival 2025 weekend. 4th-6th April in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Visit www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events for event details and ticketing. #philsky #philosophy

Portrait of Thomas Hobbes in his 70s, c. 1660. Samuel Cooper (The Cleveland Museum of Art)

Part of the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival, we present.. Paradoxes Untamed: a Hobbesian Headache? A Talk by by Dr. Christopher Ray. Saturday 5th April at 2.00pm in the United Reform Church, Malmesbury. Tickets £5. #philsky #Philosophy

To kick-off the Thomas Hobbes Festival this year, popular local historian, Tony McAleavy, will be talking about.. Malmesbury During the Childhood of Thomas Hobbes Arrive at 7pm for a 7.30 start, Friday April 4th, 2025. Malmesbury Town Hall Tickets £10 from the Town Hall or online below. #philsky

On This Day in History, 12th March 1626, John Aubrey was born. He was an antiquarian, natural philosopher, writer and pioneer archaeologist. He was a pupil of Malmesbury Grammar School and biographer of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. #OTD #Biography #17thC

Thomas Hobbes, 1640s. By William Dobson (bapt. #otd 4 Mar 1611, buried 28 Oct 1646) The Royal Society

Our website is now updated with latest event news for this year. Take a look for details of how to join the society and what we have going on in Malmesbury in April. #17thC #philosophy #philsky www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org

Our website is now updated with latest event news for this year. Take a look for details of how to join the society and what we have going on in Malmesbury in April. #17thC #philosophy #philsky www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org

Thomas Hobbes's most important work, Leviathan, was published in English in 1651 at the end of the English Civil War when he returned to England from France. It is regarded as a masterpiece of political theory and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. #philsky

So looking forward to the first Thomas Hobbes Festival 2025 - 4th to 6th April! Archaeological Dig of the site where his family stood, Talks, Walks and more!

Thomas Hobbes was evidently proud of his home town of Malmesbury. He published all his works under the name 'Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury', and is also recorded as such on his tombstone. He included a favourable description of the town in the Latin autobiographical poem of his life. #16thC #17thC