... , the role of the state in Machiavelli's economy is to keep the people content and to make the state richer. In comparison to Machiavelli, Hobbes defines the role of the state on a social perspective as well. In Leviathan, Hobbes explicitly sets out his moral and political philosophy with regard to human nature, the state of nature and an absolute sovereign in whom the power ... of the people is invested. Like Polanyi, Hobbes finds people to make irrational decisions, especially for sake of self-interest. Men are distinct, he says, in ... as individuals, and in relation to that of other...

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