![]() ![]() Hobbes showed his brilliance at this school and was an outstanding Greek and Latin scholar by the time he left this school at age fourteen, having already translated Euripides' Medea from Greek into Latin iambics. It is unclear what role his mother played in his upbringing after that, but he was certainly brought up by his uncle Francis after this.įrom age eight Hobbes, who was by this time proficient at reading and arithmetic, attended Mr Evan's school in Malmesbury, then later Robert Latimer's private school in Westport. Blows were exchanged and Hobbes' father ran off. ![]() ![]() However, when he was seven years old, his father had an argument with another vicar at the door of his church. Thomas began his schooling in Westport Church when he was four years old. Thomas Hobbes, the subject of this biography, had one brother Edmund who was about two years older than he him. Thomas Hobbes senior had an older brother, Francis Hobbes, who was a wealthy merchant with no family of his own. ![]() one of the ignorant Sir Johns of Queen Elizabeth's time could only read the prayers of the church and the homilies and valued not learning, as not knowing the sweetness of it. Thomas Hobbes senior was described by Aubrey in as:. Biography Thomas Hobbes's father, also named Thomas Hobbes, was the vicar of Charlton and Westport, close to Malmesbury in Wiltshire. ![]()
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