While the writings of Tiger T. Hobbes, often referred to by his middle name "Thomas," bear him no attribution, there is evidence that many of his works were translated to English by Calvin, a contemporary of Hobbes.

Most of what we know about Calvin comes from the graphic autobiography Spaceman Spiff and the Wrath of the Great Leviathan, along with similar accounts written by Hobbes himself, though most were written in Tigrish. I would highly recommend the translations done by Prof. Bill Watterson (1985).

As I'm not a philosopher myself, I will not comment much about the merits of Hobbes' philosophy, but some accounts exist that attribute to him a life longer than the average tiger, with the most prevalent being a folk tale by the 19th-Great Grandson of Samurai Tiger (who, by the way, also has and interesting history as a Japanese historian who took particular interest in English philosophers), having him survive his translator Calvin still in good health despite being many years older. It is understandable that such longevity gave the impression of wisdom among Hobbes' contemporaries, both Human and Tiger.

He did have to express himself through animal metaphors ala Leviathan.

The sad thing is that we lost a lot in the transition - Tigrish is notoriously hard to translate, due to its rich vocabulary that English lacks. So much of Tigerian is tied to pheromones and body language. Hence Hobbes' poor reception in many academic communities, and why he never really caught on in political philosophy. If people bothered to learn Tiger, he would be one of the greats.

This arises from a common misattribution of Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who is thought to have written "If a tiger could speak, we could not understand him." Of course, the actual text reads "If a lion could speak, we could not understand him." (Emphasis mine.) Accordingly, a tiger would have no trouble being understood, and indeed Hobbes's writings are excellent representations of the bulk of tigers, who are mostly materialist monarchists.

Source: Philosophical Investigations. 1953.

His time spent on a boat with some kid obsessed with Pythagoras really opened his linguistic knowledge.

the historian Vaughn Heppner wrote in quite a bit of detail about the human/tiger shared history on earth and surrounding areas in his compendium . He shows that though at first there are many cultural and language barriers that led to much conflict, those were eventually over come by President Creed. Once this relationship had been created, the ability to translate became less of an technical issue.

Seems fitting that I discover this question as I eat a tuna sandwich. For it is the tuna that granted him his incredible wisdom and knack for the English language. The abnormally high levels of mercury found in the tuna common to Hobbes' hometown would have killed a lesser man, but Hobbes was no man. No, the body of a tiger has actually evolved to process mercury into vital nutrients that the brain craves. This influx of nutrients resulted in increased intelligence for Hobbes and thus he was able to impart his wisdom to us in English.

Hobbes wrote through his best friend Calvin. Calvin, in fact, misinterpreted many of Hobbes thinking.