Question

)How did British philosopher Thomas Hobbes' belief that people are selfish by nature help shape the Enlightenment?

Hobbes's idea led many Enlightenment figures to favor political revolution.

Enlightenment thinkers sought to create governments that would limit human self-centeredness.

Hobbes's idea led many Enlightenment philosophers to abandon religious belief.

Because of Hobbes, Enlightenment thinkers generally assumed that the human race is flawed.

Answer 1

I will give ya some help on this :) give me one sec :D

Answer 2

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) held a generally pessimistic view of human nature. In his work Leviathan (1651), Hobbes claimed that people were cruel, selfish, and greedy by nature. The natural state of mankind, according to Hobbes in a famous phrase, was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." You might be saying to yourself, what a pretty dismal view of life! He thought that people needed a strong government to control such instincts. Hobbes taught that people could avoid a miserable life by creating a social contract. This was an agreement to surrender some individual freedoms in return for safety and security. For Hobbes, who wrote against the background of the English Civil Wars, a government had to possess absolute power in order to keep order in society.

Answer 3

Well... I know that his idea's kind of sparked Enlightenment thinkers to hold their govnt. accountable, so I guess A.

Answer 4

Im not totally sure though! I'd go with A.

Answer 5

@Ashleyisakitty but it looks like he prefered social reveloution no? :P my answer was b but Im not sure if its right XD

Answer 6

I really dont know, i guess thatd make sense since his ideas were so hard and far fetched it would lead Englightment thinkers to possibly change them. Let me know! :)

Answer 7

@Ashleyisakitty lol ur right XD Im just gonna ene miyne mo this one XD