Thomas Hobbes Imperialism

respect for one another.
To better comprehend the reasons behind the philosophers’ dissimilarity in ideology, it is rather helpful to make sense of the historical circumstances of these two men. Thomas Hobbes was born in England in 1588. He claims that his premature birth was the result of his mother going into labor early after she heard that the Spanish Armada was on its way to invade England. Regarding the event of his birth, Hobbes wrote in his autobiography, “My Native place I'm not asham'd to own; Th'ill Times, and Ills born with me, I bemoan: For Fame had rumour'd, that a Fleet at Sea, Wou'd cause our Nations Catastrophe; And hereupon it was my Mother Dear Did bring forth Twins at once, both Me, and Fear” (Hobbes Autobiography 2).
It was after his time at Oxford that Hobbes began to tutor William, the son of the first Earl of Devonshire, and became connected to the Cavendish family. Through working with the Cavendish family, Hobbes developed into staunch Royalist. In the English Civil War, he firmly supported King Charles I and thought the best and most effective form of government was through absolute monarchy. Royalist members of Parliament would often use Hobbes’s writings as a way to strengthen their argument. As such, Hobbes gained a reputation in England that led him to flee to Paris following the execution of King Charles I and the start of the English Civil
Leviathan is the culmination of Hobbes’s personal experience rolled up into a digestible philosophy. It explores the need for a social contract, a form of societal interaction where individuals come together to exist in a political society. Additionally, in Leviathan, Hobbes lays out his reasons for why absolute monarchy is the only way to subvert the chaos of the state of nature. Following his return to England in 1651 Hobbes stayed a writer, with his last published piece being a complete translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He died in the last month of