Professor awarded for translating Hobbes' philosophy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 17, 2013, shows Hiroyuki Ito, a professor emeritus at Fukushima University who won the 2013 Papyrus academic award for translating a series of major books by the 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes into one Japanese book.

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