Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was born in London in 1588. He went to Oxford University. he studied government while he was there. He traveled to around European countries to meet with different scientist and learn different things about government. During the time he was raveling around European countries he got interested in why people allow themselves to be ruled, and what would be the best government for England. In 1651, he wrote the best work, titled Leviathan. In his work he argued that people were naturally wicked and could not be trusted to govern. Hobbes belied that a monarchy was best.

He thought that people were selfish. He thought that people could not be trusted to make decisions on their own. To Hobbes each country was in a constant battle for power and wealth. To prove his point he wrote, "If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?" Governments were made. According Hobbes  to protect people from their own selfishness and evil. The best government was one that had the great power of the leviathan or a sea monster. He believed that in a rule f a king because he thought that the ruler should have direction and leadership. because the people were only interseted in promoting their own self-interest, Hobbes believed in democracy would never work. Hobbes wrote, "All mankind is in a perpetual and restless desire for power... that stops only in death." Consequently, giving power to the individual would create a dangerous situation that would start a "war of every man against every man" and make life "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." During Hobbes lifetime, business began to have a began to have a big influence in government.

- KARINA GUTIERREZ

 5 Quots of Thomas Hobbes 

- " No man's erroe becomes his own lawe; nor obliges him to presist in it."- Thomas Hobbes

- " Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech." - Thomas Hobbes

-" In the state of nature profit is the mesure of of right." - Thomas Hobbes

- " Its not wisdom but authority that makes a law."

- " Curiosity is the lust of the mind." - Thomas Hobbes