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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) gLeviathan or the matter, form, and power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civilh ‡” Introduction To better illustrate the gcommonwealthh, Hobbes starts with the definition of its creator: gmanh. Because the law of nature rules the world and that God also included gmanh as part of nature, Hobbes believes that any artificial creation by gmanh is indeed a natural process and therefore part of nature. Understanding ghumankindh as a wholeness in contrast to a particular man is the key to better understand how the world functions.and how the gcommonwealthh happened to exist. To do so, Hobbes attempts to look into gthe similitude of passions, whichh he believes gare the same in all men,. such as desire, hope, fear, etc... instead of the objects of the passions, which are the things desired, feared, hoped, etc...h. Personal comments: I agree with Hobbes that all people have in common certain attributes. Everyone who has supervisory power or has in one form or another the duty to deal with various people need to be aware of these attributes. Imporant common attributes from most imporant to less imporant are: food (survival), shelter, safety, ego and self-