Hobbes argued that all people were essentially irrational and selfish, but they had just enough rationality to come together to form governments for self-protection.

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Hobbes believed in the natural state, humans were driven by self-interest and were in constant conflict, but they used their rationality to form social contracts and governments to ensure self-preservation and order.

Hobbes Argued That All People Were Essentially Irrational and Selfish