The political theory which argues that one person should hold all power is known as absolutism. It considers the king's right to rule is a divine right and the ruler gets its authority from God to do so. August of Hippo, Jacques Bossuet and Thomas Hobbes were proponent of absolutism. Thomas Hobbes believed that the absolutist rulers emerged due to the basic instincts of the humans such as fear of death and need for power. According to Hobbes , social order cannot be established unless the individuals cede the powers for the monarch so that he can use it for controlling violence and anti social elements of people.
