What did Thomas hobbes do?

Answer 1

Thomas Hobbes was an important enlightenment thinker. In his masterpiece Leviathan he said that people by nature were selfish and ambitious. He believed that the type of government needed to control this was absolute monarchy. It was a king of social contract or agreement among members of society, people submitted to an authoritarian ruler to prevent disorder. Although he was a monarchist , his idea of a social contract was important for the developement of democracy.

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Answer 2

Generally considered the founder of English moral and political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes had little faith in human nature and believed that only an absolute monarchy could control the unruly masses of humanity.

Answer 3

Hobbes stated that man is selfish and bad left to themselves, this he called the state of nature. He also proposed that society and order made people good. People will give up some of their rights to have a society and be safe and protected. This is called the Leviathan. I hope this helped.

Answer 4

thomas hobbes was a political philosophy