Question

Which Enlightenment thinker preferred tyrannical rule and felt that in order to live in a peaceful and secure society, people should give up certain rights to a centralized power?

A. Leonardo da Vinvi
B. John Locke
C. Peter the Great
D. Thomas Hobbes

Answer 1

D. Thomas Hobbes

Step-by-step explanation:

In his work, Leviathan, Hobbes showcased these beliefs. Da Vinci was born long before the Age of Enlightenment. John Locke believed the government existed to protect the life, liberty, and property of its people. Peter the Great was a Russian tsar, not an Enlightenment thinker.