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Thomas did not think people could govern themselves because they were selfish and would only do things to benefit themselves.
yes i guess that's true he said that BUT he believed that humans should give all their power to one person and that one makes laws so that there is no need for war. he believed that people governing themselves was only war.
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What kind of government did Hobbes want?
Hobbes wanted a strong government monarchy.
What was thomas hobbes goals of government?
He wanted a better form of government, without absolute rulers and favorable to the people, He also believed people was born naturally wicked and selfish , and that they was not able to govern themselves therefore he believed in monarchy .
Who said without government life would be solitary poor nasty brutish and short?
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes said it, it came from the Leviathan (a book collecting most of his work)
What ideas of government were introduced by hobbes in leviathan?
Hobbes presented three types of government monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. He argued that monarchy was the best.
Why did Hobbes feel that an absolute government was best?
He felt that a Unliminted Government was best because, Hobbes wanted absolute power.- Therefore him wanting to be a monarchy.
