First, Thomas Hobbes identified that humans were in continual war with "every man, against every man". ... He was the first modern theorist to agree for absolute power of government. ... Second, Rene Descartes was called the father of modern philosophy and he is remembered for connecting scholasticism and philosophy. ... Descartes methodology was a major influence in the transition from medieval science and philosophy to the modern era. He is the first philosopher in the modern era to make serious effort to defeat skepticism. ...

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