Thomas Hobbes was a 17th-century philosopher who is best known for his work on the social contract theory. He was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England on April 5, 1588 and died in London on December 4, 1679 at the age of 91.
In fact, Thomas Hobbes believed in the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing God. He also believed in the existence of an afterlife in which people would be judged according to their deeds on Earth.
Hobbes believed that humans were equal and that no one should have more power than anyone else. When he said this he meant that people should not have different amounts of power because it would create chaos and disorder within society. This is why he believed that a government should be created by the people themselves so that they could live peacefully together without having to fight each other for dominance over one another like animals would if there was not any sort of system put into place by humans themselves to keep order within society.
In Leviathan, Hobbes wrote that human beings are self-interested creatures who are always fighting with one another over scarce resources like food and water. As a result, life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.”
