None of the following views is expressed in the passage EXCEPT that: &nbsp;

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Question :

None of the following views is expressed in the passage EXCEPT that:

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A.
Hobbes and Rousseau disagreed on the fundamental nature of humans, but both believed in the need for a strong state.
B.
Bregman agrees with Hobbes that firm leadership is needed to ensure property rights and regulate strife.
C.
the author of the review believes in the veneer theory of human nature.
D.

most people agree with Hobbes’ pessimistic view of human nature as being intrinsically untrustworthy and selfish.

Option D is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The only statement that matches the views in the passage is D. In the first paragraph, the passage states, "By and large... we have a rather pessimistic view – not of ourselves exactly, but of everyone else....This was how the 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes conceived our natural state to be.."