Thomas Hobbes is recognized to be a great advocate of absolute authority within a state. The essay that follows will illuminate Hobbs' reasons (premises) for the elimination of distributed authority in his political philosophy as in The Leviathan. Hobbes argues that an ailing commonwealth has many subsidizing factors. ... Hobbes defends his statement by stating that a man's conscience and judgement are identical. ... Hobbes believes that a regime should consist of a single entity. ...

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On the other hand, Hobbes believed that natural state for man is miserable, fearful and nasty. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes both believed that a society existed due to political regime. ... Thomas Hobbes first acknowledged this idea in his novel Leviathan written in the 1651. ... Hobbes considers that the state of nature is the state of war. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes's view on the natural state of man vary on several degrees. ...

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There were many important men in history of America, for example Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established social contract theory. ... Thomas Hobbes has a very famous quote from The Leviathan which is " the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. ... Thomas Hobbes wants an absolute monarchy, which can control the people at all times. ...

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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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However, another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes comes in contrast with John Locke. In Hobbes book "Leviathan" he argued that humans are not rational and could not properly make decisions for themselves, therefore concluding that man is bad in nature. Hobbes fought for an authoritarian government run by one man who makes all the rational decisions for them. ... Another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes would disagree with that. ... Hobbes also believed that there was a danger in electing a strong leader in a liberal democracy. ...

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