Humans equipped with the innate characteristic of thought or reasoning have the ability to comprehend that "peace is good, and therefore also the way or means of peace are good". From this comes Hobbes idea that an authoritive government that rules or governs over the people is necessary to create peace which is beneficial for all...
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Hobbes was a strong supporter of a strong central government and believed in a ?social contract'. This is an implicit agreement between the residence and government regarding rights and responsibilities of each party. As long as the citizens sacrificed some of their ?natural laws', like killing your neighbors when you get drunk, and paid your taxes and civil dues the authority will protect you against foreign invasion, and help you rebuild during natural catastrophes...
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