because man is ultimately in charge of his own destiny.Aristotle and Socrates believed that man has the ability to reason and this sets us apart from the beast. While both Hobbes and Vico would agree with this view, and they argue this as well, only Vico would agree with Plato on his ideas of the natural order. Platos idea of the philosopher kings would coincide with Vicos views, as was mentioned earlier how Vico feels that men will let the elite rule them because they are better suited for the position. But Hobbes would definitely disagree on the grounds that man merely needs a sovereign to keep him under control but the sovereign does not necessarily have to be of heroic or noble origin. Hobbes differs in this main respect that he believes man is ultimately responsible for his destiny and that there is no natural order.Taking into consideration that there were no real democracies on a large scale present at the time of Vico and Hobbes, they both argue monarchy is the most logical regime of choice. It would be interesting however, to see their thoughts during our current time and how they would relate it to their beliefs, specifically Vicos law of History....
