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It was his reaction to the horrors of civil war, his appeal for a strongman to hold them all in awe, to end the war of all against all: it is a must read both as the origin of European fascism but also as the source of Social Contract Liberalism. Hobbes is wrong about the so called social contract and also about the purported state of nature, but the problems he faced recur throughout history, notably in Ukraine. You must read this not to adhere to his views but rather to understand the problems he was reacting against, in order to elaborate better solutions.