I don't really understand the impact that Hobbes has on philosophy. I think he's silly.

I understand that Hobbes was the first to articulate his positions, but I don't see the impact Hobbes had on philosophy.<br><br>Hobbes thought that humans were silly. He thought that the most natural form of government was a dictatorship because men cannot be trusted.<br><br>In his book Leviathan, he says something to the effect of "all men are at war with each other". I believe that he was given to exaggerations that aren't supported by science. For example, human beings are naturally co-operative. We have Mirror Neurons that help us understand and co-operate with other humans (ex: babies can raise their arms asking to be picked up because they saw their parents raising their arms to be picked up). Also, the amygdala, which is the part of the brain that controls fear, does not turn on in a person until several months old. <br><br>All in all, Hobbes is very silly. I do not see why he is important to philosophy.