Everyone looks at the work of a philosopher and is confused at first, but if you really look at that work you would understand. Thomas Hobbes was a 17th century English philosopher who is today considered one of the greatest political philosophers. Hobbes is best known for his elaborate and early development of social contract theory. Social contract theory is “the method of justifying political principles or agreements by appealing to the agreement that would allow rational, free, and equal people to be appropriately situated.” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) In other words it is a rational agreement between men. Hobbes is known to have used this theory to come to the conclusion that man should yield to the command of an absolute power. One of Thomas Hobbes' most famous works is Leviathan. In Leviathan chapter 13, Hobbes covers five points about the nature of man.1. Nature made man equal. A man may be stronger or smarter, but the difference can be made up for in some way. The weaker one could accumulate enough strength to get rid of or kill the other using a...