Thomas Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute
sovereign. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that
chaos or civil war-situations identified with a state of nature and
the famous motto Bellum omnium contra omnes ("the war of all against
all")-could only be averted by strong central government. He thus
denied any right of rebellion toward the social contract, which would
be later added by John Locke and conserved by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(However, Hobbes did discuss the possible dissolution of the State.
Since the social contract was made to institute a state that would
provide for the "peace and defense" of the people, the contract would
become void as soon as the government no longer protected its
citizens. By virtue of this fact, man would automatically return to
the state of nature until a new contract is made).
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9781515409410
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2016
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Dancing Unicorn Books
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Engelsk
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