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Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State
Political Theory 101
The State of Nature Is Hobbes, Roussean, General Will
Hobbes is often compared with Schmidt, but he didn't have that friend-enemy dynamic working. He's also seen as a progenitor of the social contract theory. Most political theorists are not as interested in fear as Hobbes is. And so they'll be reluctant to support a monarchy for that reason.
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