In the 17th century, philosophes like Robert Boyles and Thomas Hobbes began making lists of curious things.

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Policy makers have since Thomas Hobbes been attempting to drive down background risk.

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The studies of early altruism show that the natural state of man is not a war of all against all, as Thomas Hobbes said.

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