Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Arguably the greatest peice of political philosophy ever written in English, Hobbes' Leviathan explains his view of humanity. He professes that humans are naturally selfish, competetive animals and live out their "nasty, brutish, and short" lives propelled by desire and restrained only by fear.
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