In Thomas Hobbes's View, Why Was Government Necessary? What Kind

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Essay

In Thomas Hobbes's view, why was government necessary? What kind of government did he endorse?

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Definitions:

Horizontal Syncline

A fold in sedimentary rock layers where the youngest materials are located at the center of the fold, typically indicating compression.

Dip-Slip Fault

A type of fault where the movement is mainly vertical, caused by the two sides moving up or down relative to each other.

Strike-Slip Fault

A type of fault where two blocks of the Earth's crust move horizontally past each other, parallel to the fault plane.

Normal Fault

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward relative to the footwall due to tensional forces.