# Thomas Hobbes — Mutual Aid character guide

> Thomas Hobbes in Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hobbes

**First appearance:** 0001-mutual-aid

## Who they are

Philosopher whose 'war of all against all' is contrasted with mutual aid.

## In the story

### [Mutual Aid Among Savages](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/iii-mutual-aid-among-savages)

Hobbes is cited as the primary proponent of the view that primitive man lived in a state of perpetual warfare, a view Kropotkin challenges throughout the chapter.

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