Thomas Hobbes was a fantastic political philosopher who coincidentally was not in the greatest of favors with the French in the early 1650's after his publication of the Leviathan. This very famous piece of literature angered French Catholics and Anglicans greatly. The idea of modern western philosophy was obscure and abstract. Especially to despotic ruler Louis the XVI who would not stand for any kind of democratic teachings in his absolutist world. It would have served the French well to practice what Thomas Hobbes preached lest they enjoyed having their country being sent into spiraling debt and poverty