<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.
<u>Answer:</u>
In the presidential election of 1800, each elector in the electoral college could cast two votes.
Option: (B)
<u>Explanation:</u>
- First time in the 1800 presidential elections, the Federalist Party lost to the Democratic Republican Party with a margin of eight electoral votes.
- After about 24 years of independence, the power shifted from one party to another. But this shift of power was controversial.
- Taking lesson from the 1800 presidential elections, the 12th amendment was made to the United States Constitution.
Because the economy of the united states depended on trade with great Britain
<u>Answer:</u>
Scholasticism was an attempt to form a bridge between the philosophy of Aristotle and the teachings of christian church.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Scholasticism was a dominated teaching method which used critical thinking style and was practiced by the Europeans in the era of 1100 to 1700.
This particular method of teaching dominated the schools of Western Europe and thus, was used as an attempt to form a bridge between the philosophy of Aristotle and the teachings of christian church.
