Hobbes Belief In Absolute Monarchy

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Once upon a time in a mysterious kingdom, there was a sinister sorcerer, called Hobbes, who wanted to change the power distribution of Agrabah. He believed that everyone in Agrabah was selfish and that the people should give their obedience to an unaccountable sovereign. Because of this, Hobbes believed in absolute monarchy. Hobbes was born in the England section of Agrabah on April 5, 1588 and went to the University of Oxford. Aside from being a sorcerer, Hobbes was an author. His most famous and influential of his works was Leviathan, which documented the idea that civil peace and social unity could not be achieved unless there was an establishment of a commonwealth through social contract. A parrot also living in Agrabah, named Iago, enjoyed

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