Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan (1651). He was convinced that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked. Without government to keep order Hobbes said, there would be "war . . . of every man against every man," and life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." In order to escape such a bleak life people had to hand over their rights to a strong ruler.
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He had a negative view in humanity. People are bad and selfish , government should protect us from our selves.
He thought that all humans were very cruel, that they were born that way. He thought that the monarchy should complete and absolute power and strict rules.
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Thomas Hobbes wrote the book Leviathan.
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Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will.
Thomas Hobbes believed that citizens must give up some of their liberties to form order.