Thomas Hobbes is a towering figure in the history of modern thought
and political philosophy. He remains best remembered for his 1651
treatise on government, Leviathan, a work that shows at the very
best the reasoning skills of a deeply original and creative
thinker. Creative thinking is all about taking a novel approach to
questions and problems - showing them in a new light. When Hobbes
was writing Leviathan, the standard approach to understanding (and
advocating for) monarchical government was to argue, using
Christian theology, that kings and queens gained their power and
legitimacy from God. At a time of intense political turmoil in
England - with civil war raging from 1642-51 - Hobbes took the
original step of basing a political theory upon reason alone, and
focusing on human nature. His closely-reasoned arguments made the
book a controversial best-seller across Europe at the time of its
publication, and it has remained a cornerstone of political theory
ever since. Though Hobbes argued for government by an absolute
monarch, many of his ideas and precepts helped form modern liberal
ideas of government, influencing, among others, the American
Constitution.
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