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Why does Hobbes believe that power in a commonwealth should not be divided?
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Why does Hobbes believe that power in a commonwealth should not be divided?
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Because he’s a tyrant. Probly.
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Hobbes believes that when power is divided among individuals or groups
the separate powers inevitably destroy one another and in doing so, they end up
destroying the commonwealth.
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