In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes has many different things to say about human nature and what drives men to commit certain actions. All the actions committed by men and the theories of Thomas Hobbes revolve around two central ideas, competition and desire. And because of competition and desire, people can never achieve true happiness. Man's own desires and need to be better than others will prevent true happiness. But to understand why Hobbes believes this, we must first examine his view of human nature. In chapter 11 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes emphasizes desire. Hobbes says that humanity always does whatever it takes to achieve its desires. When we fulfill a desire, we simply move on to what we want next. The progress made in realizing one desire and moving on to the next is what he calls Felicity (Leviathan Ch.11). The reasons men have desires in the first place is because we have a lifestyle that we love and enjoy. So naturally, humans want to do everything they can to maintain this lifestyle. So naturally, man will devote all his efforts and resources to obtain more power and ensure that his wants and desires are satisfied. According to Hobbes, power seems to be the only means by which man can guarantee the maintenance of his lifestyle, desires and needs. In Leviathan, Hobbes makes a comparison with Kings. He explains that kings have all the power in their kingdom and to maintain their power they must get more. In order to gain more power, they take control and conquer other lands. Hobbes says that man is essentially the same. Men need to dominate and gain the upper hand over those who are inferior. Man needs to provoke other bats... middle of paper ...... In Hobbes' world, happiness is not possible because of man's selfish desires. Men have a constant need for domination, competition and to be recognized. Man will always need to be better than the next person. To be better than everyone else, man must constantly gain power. Gaining power always leads to constant violence and death. Basically, man is too busy winning wars and dominating others to notice what is best for the good of the people. Men only think about themselves instead of contributing to the general good. When there is a group of people who only think about themselves and want what they want, general happiness cannot exist. There will always be among men the need to be better than others and to obtain more power. Until this type of thinking stops and focuses on the common good, according to Hobbes, happiness cannot exist..