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Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State

Political Theory 101

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Monarch vs Legistlature in Hobbes' Political Theory

Hobbes believed that subjectivism and divided views among people could lead to state problems, which could be avoided by having a singular monarch instead of a divided legislature. He viewed the people not as a united entity with a general will but as a diverse multitude of individuals with different views, unlike the more contemporary notion of a united people in political theory.

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