Born during a period of medieval philosophy, Thomas Hobbes English scholar and philosopher developed another state of mind. He perfects his moral and political speculations in his controversial book Leviathan, written in 1651. He describes how he thought government should function. He wrote about the social contract, and spent a significant part of the book trying to demonstrate that a strong central authority was the best way to avoid evils of the war. According to Hobbes the state of nature is a ‘state of war’ meaning it exists without a government. As individuals people fight with one another and because of this people without a government would kill each other. In the state of nature there is no peace. To avoid chaos the people allow an
