Hobbes was a believer in the new scientific thought and that mathematical knowledge was the way to the truth. Though Hobbes supported absolutism, he did not believe that the ruler's power derived from God. Hobbes believed in the Common Wealth system.131 This is a system, like absolutism, in which there is one absolute ruler. In Hobbes' system this ruler does not get his power from God, but he gets it more from the people.

Hobbes has said that without government all men would be in a state of war. This is due to the fact that all men are more equal than uneqal. If two or more men want someting that they cannot all have are at war. They are in constant competition. If all men are at war with all men there will never be industry or any type of flourishing society. There must be an absolute ruler to carry out the will of all men.

It is benificial, according to Hobbes, for all men to give there right to goverenment to one man or one assembly of men. This one man would then have all the power of every man. Then that man with all that power could carry out the will of all men. It would not be possble for this to happen if all men were on there own. Nature competion would occur. Having one leader for all men puts them all on the same page, so more could get accomplished and have less competition.

In my opinion, Hobbes was on the right track to advancing human civilization. His ideas were better than what was going on in

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