I agree with Spencer on his idea of laws. I don't think it's a good idea for a commonwealth to have no laws. Some people may argue that it would give people for freedom and opportunity to do whatever he or she pleases but I think that would be a bad idea. We as people need some structure to our lives. Without laws, everything would be in chaos. Unlike what Aristotle says, Hobbes believes that without one ruler that uses fear to rule, people will go back into the "lawless state of nature".
What I am a bit confused on is why Hobbes thinks the need one central source of power. Wasn't England under a King's rule? Isn't that one central power?
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