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Okay, so i see that you need help with this question.
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It says, in hobbes ' philosophy, the levithan is a, the group of people making social contracts, b, the group of people hearing god's commands accurately, c, so social contracts, let me just write these down, social contracts, hearing god's command, the sociologists, sociologists, learning the culture norms, or d, the king of the society, or e, philosophers of the state.
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So the question asks about the role or identity of levithans in hobbes ' philosophy.
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This requires a knowledge of thomas hobbes ' political philosophy, particularly as expressed in his work.
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So taking a look at this, levithan, thomas hobbes ' levithan, published in 1651, is a foundational text in political philosophy.
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So it was published in 1651.
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In it, hobbes describes the state of nature as a war of all against all, where life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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To escape this state, individuals come together to form a social contract, agreeing to surrender some of their freedoms to a powerful sovereign in exchange for protection in the maintenance of order.
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So taking a look at the options, the cultural norms.
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Hobbes ' levithan is not described as a sociologist or learning cultural norms...