Thomas Hobbes politcal theory

Thomas Hobbes's was an English Political philosophy who wrote during the seventieth century. He wrote during a time of civil war in England. This led to his worldview of security as the most important thing in life even above freedom or liberty. Hobbes thus formulated that the best form of government was an elected absolute monarchy. <Tab/>Hobbes felt that society resembles a state of nature. In the state of nature, …

…is not liberty but for authority. Hobbes system of government is founded on the mistrust of liberty. Hobbes writes, "But when private men or subjects demand liberty, under the name of liberty they ask not for liberty but dominion" (Hobbes 70). <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>Work Cited Norberto, Bobbio. Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition. Trans. Daniela Gobetti. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993.