05406a. THOMAS HOBBES’ "LEVIATHAN". This paper reviews Hobbes’ central themes: Men are natural machines and the body politic must design itself to represent man, God’s creation. Human characteristics are treated mechanistically and man is seen in terms of motion and connection. Eventually, Hobbes arrives at absolute monarchy as the most desirable state of government. KEYWORDS: thomas hobbes political philosophy mechanistic absolute monarchy leviathan. 7 pages, 6 footnotes in text, 1 bibliographic source.