This work asserts that civil law is superior to religious law because one c
This work asserts that civil law is superior to religious law because one cannot know whether God's vision as received by someone else is true. According to this work, there are only three types of government, and all other forms are just alternate names for those three: aristocracy, democracy and monarchy. The last section of this work explains that misinterpretation of Scripture causes the "Kingdom of Darkness." This work describes the state of nature as a war of all against all and describes life as "nasty, brutish and short." For 10 points, name this philosophical work defending the absolute monarchy written during the English Civil War by Thomas Hobbes.
This work asserts that civil law is superior to religious law because one cannot know whether God's vision as received by someone else is true.
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil