<u>This portion of the text shows Hobbes supported an absolute ruler:</u>
- <em>Men are continually in competition for honour and dignity . . . and consequently amongst men there ariseth on that ground, envy, and hatred, and finally war. ... No wonder if there be somewhat else required, besides [contract], to make their agreement constant and lasting; which is a common power to keep them in awe and to direct their actions to the common benefit.
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The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners, and the injuries of one another . . . is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will.</em>
Further detail:
Thomas Hobbes published a famous work called Leviathan in 1651. The title "Leviathan" comes from a biblical word for a great and mighty beast. Hobbes believed government is formed by people for the sake of their personal security and stability in society. In Hobbes' view, once the people put a king (or other leader in power), then that leader needs to have supreme power (like a great and mighty beast). Hobbes' view of the natural state of human beings without a government held that people are too divided and too volatile as individuals -- everyone looking out for his own interests. So for security and stability, authority and the power of the law needs to be in the hands of a powerful ruler like a king or queen. And so people willingly enter a "social contract" in which they live under a government that provides stability and security for society.
They were celebrating the 100th year of the storming of bastille which began the French Revolution .
Answer:
Joseph Stalin was responsible for the breakdown of the "grand alliance" that had defeated Hitler and his allies and had won World War II.
Explanation:
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin born on the 18th of December 1878 was the General Secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union and he studied Adolf Hitler, including reading Mein Kampf and from it knew of Hitler's motives for destroying the Soviet Union.
Hence, causing the breakdown of the "grand alliance" that had defeated Hitler and his allies and had won World War II.
Answer:
Yes there would be a gain to the United States from importing any of those products from Britain because it only has absolute advantage not comparative advantage.
Explanation:
Absolute advantage in international trade is the ability of a nation to produce more goods with its resources without considering that there might a better alternative to which resources can be deployed that would yield more output compared to its trading partners.
While on the other hand ,comparative advantage is when a country has a lower opportunity costs in producing an item compared to its rival nations.
Which means the country that has comparative advantage is given up less opportunities when producing its desired goods viz-a-viz its competing nations.
In other words,absolute advantage does not guarantee efficiency,only comparative advantage does.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Alps and the Pyrenees, France has long provided a geographic, economic, and linguistic bridge joining northern and southern Europe. It is Europe's most important agricultural producer and one of the world's leading industrial powers.
Metternich, the foreign minister of Austria, had three goals at the congress: first, he wanted to prevent future French aggression by surrounding France with strong countries. He accomplished his first goal by making the countries around France stronger
