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The Age of Reason was a period in Europe's history characterized by skepticism. Which philosopher was the first to question why humans needed an organized government to rule them?
John Locke
Rene Decartes
Thomas Hobbs
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Thomas Hobbes
He was one of the first modern philosophers to analyze the "state of nature" and ask why humans needed organized government, arguing in Leviathan that a strong sovereign (via a social contract) was necessary to prevent chaos.
He was one of the first modern philosophers to analyze the "state of nature" and ask why humans needed organized government, arguing in Leviathan that a strong sovereign (via a social contract) was necessary to prevent chaos.
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