A time of "no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".1 Because man's natural state is so debased, Hobbes applied a authoritarian view of social contract. ... An Essay on Man, a poetic summary of current philosophical speculation projects man's perfection in the life to come. ... The powers issued to the State governments were deliberately limited and purposely divided among three distinct branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Each branch was giv...

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