... Cromwell and Charles II. At this time, there was a period if chaos, killing, the Civil War and anarchy. This is what greatly affected Hobbes writings. During this time new rulers emerged and it was known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason. At this time, a scientific awakening affected Hobbes; he gained more knowledge of political philosophy. He looked up to and ... worked with Galileo and Newton. In the Leviathan, Hobbes major political philosophy work, he established political theory on a scientific basis. Hobbes ... sees the State of Nature as conditions of man before a...

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