... that Hayes makes about Hobbes' work seem to make more sense if the end goal of Leviathan was to show us how we can construct a peaceful commonwealth in which we escape the dangers in the state of nature. The idea of moderation in the bourgeois theory aids in helping the Commonwealth produce a society in which we can respect the natural equality ... of Hobbes' Leviathan can be seen through Hayes' eyes as a prescription for a way that we can use moderation to make the bourgeois society work, or as a way that we can escape the state of nature and limit those who seek to gain power at th...

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