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Unit 3 – Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Topic 3.8
What audience did Thomas Hobbes primarily target with his social contract theories expressed in "Leviathan"?
Ruling classes and educated individuals who made decisions about governance and society structures.
Children, as part of a basic education curriculum.
Women, to encourage their participation in public life.
Uneducated peasants who were the majority of the population.
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