Hobbist

_Leviathan_, brought him into very bad odour, not merely on political grounds (which, so long as the Commonwealth lasted, would not have been surprising), but for religious reasons; and during the last years of his life, and for long afterwards, "Hobbist" was, certainly with very little warrant from his writings, used as a kind of polite equivalent for atheist.

A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889

But if a Hobbist be asked why? he will answer: — Because the public requires it, and the

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 2007

Ethics (1677) was also identified as containing Hobbist doctrines (e.g., materialism and necessitarianism) that led directly to atheism.

Hume on Religion Russell, Paul 2005

Given these points of resemblance, Hobbes's critics in England were quick to link the names of Hobbes and Spinoza and they viewed “Spinozism” as simply a variant of the prevalent disease of “Hobbist atheism”.

Hume on Religion Russell, Paul 2005

But if a Hobbist be asked why? he will answer: - Because the public requires it, and the Leviathan will punish you if you do not.

God, Aids & Circumcision Hill, George 2005

Treatise, has no clear sceptical implications (i.e., along Hobbist lines).

Hume on Religion Russell, Paul 2005

Providence (or whatever as a Hobbist he put in place of Providence), had, in pointing him the fortune, pointed also to Patricia Verney.

Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Mary Johnston 1903

Roman Catholic in Paris, or perhaps rather a Roman Catholic Hobbist.

The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

Roman Catholic Hobbist and freethinker, had then flashed out in the speech of the distressed envoy.

The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

But the prejudice sprang from a true sense of the effect which the Hobbist philosophy must necessarily have whether on the current religion or on the current notions of political and social morality.

History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 John Richard Green 1860