thomas hobbes and absolutism
In the time of Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679), absolutism was the type of government that was practiced and was believed to be the right thing. Absolutism is a system in which one man has absolute power over the people. This absolute power was believed to come from God. The ruler or Monarch, was supposedly carrying out the will of God. Hobbes, who is a Brittish philosopher and political theorist, may have been ahead of his time. He believed in absloutism but his idea of absloutism was different from what was commonly believed. Hobbes was a believer in the new scientific thought and that mathematical knowledge was the way to the truth. Though Hobbes supported absolutism, he did not believe that the ruler's power derived from God. Hobbes believed in the Common Wealth system.131 This is a system, like absolutism, in which there is one absolute ruler. In Hobbes' system this ruler does not get his power from God, but he gets it more from the people.
There must be an absolute ruler to carry out the will of all men. Hobbes believes that all people have the same desires and motives. He said that it is not human nature to cooperate, but to compete. It was also good because he was looking to please all men. In his time all men were put into catagories in which you could not better yourself. The Monarch is the highest out of everyone because his rule is derived from God. This one man would then have all the power of every man. Having one leader for all men puts them all on the same page, so more could get accomplished and have less competition. However, I believe that the todays government of democracy is far better than any of his ideas. It would not be possble for this to happen if all men were on there own. Because of this all people in his system should give up their right on there own will to govern themselves and give it to the one ruler so he has all the power of the country. These catagories included clergy, lord, serf and other levels of society. Hobbes has said that without government all men would be in a state of war. In my opinion, Hobbes was on the right track to advancing human civilization.
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