WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Leviathan, however, Hobbes unequivocally argues that absolutist monarchy is the only right form of government. In general, Hobbes seeks to define the rational bases upon which a civil society could be constructed that would not be subject to destruction from within.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Leviathan’s body consists of the people of the state, making the monarch’s head the literal head of state. The cover of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan symbolizes how the Leviathan is directly connected to and supported by the people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, scientist, and historian best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his masterpiece Leviathan (1651).

Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Hobbes believes that humans have no moral compass unless there are predetermined rules to say what actions are good or bad. There is no morality in the state of nature. There is no contract without an absolute power to enforce it.

Detailed explanation-5: -“The world is governed by opinion.” “Such truth, as opposeth no man’s profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.” “Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.” “No man’s error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.”