... be outwardly and inwardly right, pleasing to God and men" (Luther 19). One hundred and thirty years later, with the publication of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes brought beliefs on the foundation and extent of government out of the church and into the next level of political thought. He moved back to Machiavelli's ... notion of the nature of man, but then extended that theory into what he called the "state of nature". Hobbes gives us the ... more civilized way to conduct himself. The same holds true for the 17th century man. He must learn to compromise. This compromise according to Hobbes dev...

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• Grade Level: High School

... be outwardly and inwardly right, pleasing to God and men" (Luther 19). One hundred and thirty years later, with the publication of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes brought beliefs on the foundation and extent of government out of the church and into the next level of political thought. He moved back to Machiavelli's ... notion of the nature of man, but then extended that theory into what he called the "state of nature". Hobbes gives us the ... more civilized way to conduct himself. The same holds true for the 17th century man. He must learn to compromise. This compromise according to Hobbes dev...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School