Editing Thomas Hobbes (section)

===Death===
[[File:Tomb of Thomas Hobbes - geograph.org.uk - 1592556.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Thomas Hobbes in [[St John the Baptist's Church, Ault Hucknall]], in [[Derbyshire]]]]

In October 1679 Hobbes suffered a [[bladder disorder]], and then a [[paralytic stroke]], from which he died on 4 December 1679, aged 91,{{sfn|Robertson|1911|p=551}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Bedside Book of Final Words |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zgHCBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |date=25 November 2014 |page=20 |isbn=978-1-4456-4464-6 |first1=Eric |last1=Grounds |first2=Bill |last2=Tidy |author2-link=Bill Tidy |first3=Richard |last3=Stilgoe |author3-link=Richard Stilgoe}}</ref>
at [[Hardwick Hall]], owned by the Cavendish family.<ref name="Malcolm 2003 80"/>

His last words were said to have been "A great leap in the dark", uttered in his final conscious moments.<ref>Norman Davies, ''Europe: A history'' p. 687</ref> His body was interred in [[St John the Baptist's Church, Ault Hucknall]], in Derbyshire.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Michael L. |last1=Coulter |first2=Richard S. |last2=Myers |first3=Joseph A. |last3=Varacalli |author3-link=Joseph A. Varacalli |title=Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy: Supplement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSyO8MGI8kUC&pg=PA140 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |date=5 April 2012 |page=140 |isbn=978-0-8108-8275-1}}</ref>