jan 2, 1651 - Thomas Hobbes Book : Leviathan
Description:
He wrote that people are driven by a restless desire for power . His idea was to tell people that the government was created to protect people from their own selfishness . He was important because he was one of the first thinkers to apply reason to the problem of politicsAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 2, 1651
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~ 375 years ago