On first sight "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare and "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes are two different works, but they do have some important topics in common. ... Thomas Hobbes in "Leviathan" argues that civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of commonwealth through social contract. "Leviathan" is divided into four books. ... Fear of the sovereign Leviathan is another. ... Wolfenden, in her article, supports Hobbes' ideas of sovereign. ...

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The Leviathan By Thomas Hobbes What Hobbes says in the chapter titled "Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery" of The Leviathan is that man are equal and none can declare he is superior to others. ... Hobbes says that If we disregard science, men are still intellectually equal. ...

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It can also be seen in the writings of Thomas Hobbes. ... In his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes spends a great deal of time examining human nature and how he thinks humans would act without society, government, or a code of moral values (Thomas Hobbes). ... An additional philosophy of Thomas Hobbes was that when there is no control, there is no justice. ... This ties into the belief of Thomas Hobbes that, even though thought to be good, all men are born with inherent evil. It is debated that Thomas Hobbes" philosophies were false and unnecessarily pessimistic. ...

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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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