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Leviathan Thomas Hobbes

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Human beings will never get along with each other because everyone have their own desires and goals that keep them fighting for. In the book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes describes three factors that leads to the state of war. The three factors are competition, distrust, and glory. People always compete with other because they cannot enjoy a single thing together. Human beings are never satisfied with what they have. They want more for them self then others, so they reach for more which creates conflicts with the people around them. The second factor that Hobbes states is distrust. The most reasonable way for any man to make himself safe is to strike. An individual scare another person so they can have all the power to themselves. Finding safety

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