Thomas Hobbes in his book The Leviathan talks about the great Leviathan which is synonymous with that of a common-wealth or state. ... (Hobbes p.1) What Hobbes I believe means by this is that the Leviathan, or government has been set up to protect and defend its public from harm. ... Thereby showing how Hobbes Leviathan is set up to provide for the good of the public. ... Thomas Hobbes writes that there are three different forms of common-wealth. ... Hobbes believes that these are the only true forms of common-wealth's that can exist. ...

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Compare and Contrast Hobbes" and Locke's State's of Nature Thomas Hobbes lived in seventeenth century England. ... In the Leviathan, Hobbes attempts to explain the nature of power. ... (Hobbes, The Leviathan) Fortunately man is endowed with reason which in turn enables him to recognize his problem and ultimately discover a solution to said problem. ... In my opinion, Hobbes" state of nature is an anarchical one. ... Like Hobbes, Locke believed that all men are born free and equal. ...

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As Thomas Hobbes stated in Leviathan, " during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man." ...

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One hundred and thirty years later, with the publication of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes brought beliefs on the foundation and extent of government out of the church and into the next level of political thought. ... Hobbes gives us the first true definition of the state of nature and the purpose of man's existence in it. ... Hobbes state of nature is essentially a never ceasing lust for that which we desire and the propensity of man to do anything to attain that want. ... This compromise according to Hobbes developed into what is now termed as the "social contract". ... John Locke elaborat...

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