ssumesthat doubt does exist. That is how he reaches to the conclusion of Cogito Ergo Sum,which means, I think, therefore I am. He realizes that if he can think, then he alsoexists, and he uses this also to prove the existence of God. He says that the body and themind are two separate entities and the only thing that unites them is God. Descartes wasvery flattered to know how much people appreciate his writings and he assured that heprobably would have had a better time with the church nowadays because they are moreopen minded. In the past, although Descartes believed in God, the Church did not likehim a lot and that really depressed him. He realized that nowadays, the Church is not asstrict as before because science has taken total control over the people and now is muchmore respected than before. As we can see, as time has gone by, he continues, sciencehas divorced from the church and it seems that soon it will become like a separatereligion because he was amazed how much people believe in all of the sciences claims. The next author that will talk about is Thomas Hobbes. As we all know, he wasthe writer of the famous Leviathan, which was written in England on 1651. In hiswriting, he presents us a bleak picture of human beings in the state of nature, where lifeis nasty, brutish and short. This shows us how vulnerable people really are if they live inthe state of nature rather than under the law of nature. Therefore, the fear of a violentdeath is the principal motive that causes people to create a state. But before anything ispossible, the people contract to surrender their natural rights and to submit to theabsolute authority of a sovereign if they want protection. The contract between thepeople and the sovereign says that in order for the sovereign to remain in power, he hasto provide peace and protection for the people. The sovereigns power is absolute and heis not subject to any reviews unless he brakes the contract wi...
