The state is not a person but an "artificial man" or machine designed to prevent collapse through the sheer force of fear and authority.
In ancient mythology and biblical texts, the Leviathan is the ultimate creature of the deep. Leviathan
In the Book of Job, the Leviathan is described as a fire-breathing beast with scales like shields, representing a part of creation entirely beyond human control. The state is not a person but an
Hobbes argued that humans in a "state of nature" live in a "war of every man against every man," where life is "nasty, brutish, and short". " where life is "nasty
In 1651, Thomas Hobbes repurposed this monster to describe the .