HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Which Enlightenment thinker believed people are naturally selfish, greedy, and cruel so they must give up some freedoms in return for an organized society?
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John Locke
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John Jacques Rousseau
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Thomas Hobbes
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Montesquieu
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hobbes believed people are naturally selfish, cruel, and greedy. In 1651, he published a book called Leviathan. In this book, he wrote that people are driven by a restless desire for power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hobbes, an English philosopher and scientist, advocated the idea of absolutism of the sovereign while developing fundamentals of European liberal thought. He argued that people needed to accept a social contract in order to avoid chaos and establish a civil society.
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