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According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the purpose of government control over citizens?

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To provide safety and security

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Considered one of the theorists of absolutist power in force in the Modern Age, Thomas Hobbes lived between 1588 and 1679. For Hobbes, the state should be the fundamental institution for regulating human relations, given the character of the natural condition of men that drives them to seeking the fulfillment of their desires anyway, at any price, violently, selfishly, that is, driven by passions. In other words, Hobbes believed that it was right for the government to control citizens to protect the entire population from human evil.

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