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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.

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