Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was born in London in 1588. After his receiving his education at Oxford he traveled to various European countries, learning and studying different forms of government. These studies led him to the question of why people allow themselves to be ruled. He also wondered what type of government would best govern in England. In 1651, Hobbes recorded his theories of philosophy in his most famous work entitled Leviathan. In Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, he states that in a human’s “state of nature” he or she is evil, selfish, and cannot be ruled. There is no right or wrong, nor is there justice or injustice. It’s basically “every man for himself.” The world is basically in chaos when humans are in this state. Each individual’s main priority is self-preservation. In order to achieve this Hobbes came up with a right each individual possesses in order to achieve this self-preservation, the “right of nature.” In order to carry out this right, certain “laws of nature” were created. These laws are acts or forms of
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