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Which social philosopher argued that the state is a necessary evil that should be minimized?

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Thomas Hobbes
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Thomas Hobbes, in his work 'Leviathan', argued that the state is a necessary evil to prevent a state of nature where life is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.'

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