Plato's idea of having the guardians as the chosen ones to oversee the state in "The Republic" is because they are the ones filled with wisdom and the possessors of all truths. ... Because of these three principles, Hobbes believed that a government was necessary to bestow order in society and that all people should relinquish their power and control to this government so that all were created equal in society, and that no one person can know all the truth as well as there is no real division between the strongest and the weakest, but that in fact – human nature would ulti...

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