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Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Thomas Hobbes?
People are naturally reasonable.
People are naturally selfish and violent.
Governments create unequal societies.
Government should be separate from religion.
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People are naturally selfish and violent.
Hobbes argued (in Leviathan) that in the state of nature humans act selfishly and dangerously, so a powerful sovereign is needed to maintain order.
Hobbes argued (in Leviathan) that in the state of nature humans act selfishly and dangerously, so a powerful sovereign is needed to maintain order.
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