Behemoth: Demokratičneži in verski fanatiki

The forces opposed to the King during the English civil war, in Hobbes's view, were striving to establish democracy. The question of democracy, in fact, is a central if neglected question in Behemoth. Hobbes sees democracy in Behemoth as an explosive mixture of Greco-Roman political sentiments and ideas, and religious fanaticism that fuels the ambitious, gain and glory-seeking elites and pulls the common people into the vortex. Whereas in his earlier works, Hobbes discusses democracy mainly as a form of government, in Behemoth democracy becomes a force destructive of government.Hobbes je menil, da so si kraljevi nasprotniki v angleški državljanski vojni prizadevali za vzpostavitev demokracije. In vprašanje demokracije je eno osrednjih (a zanemarjenih) vprašanj v Behemothu. Hobbes gleda na demokracijo v tem delu kot na eksplozivno zmes grško-rimskih političnih občutij in idej ter verskega fanatizma. Ta zmes je gnala ambiciozne, pohlepne in slavohlepne, elite ter potegnila v vrtinec ljudstvo. Medtem ko je Hobbes v zgodnejših delih obravnaval demokracijo predvsem kot obliko vladavine, je demokracija v Behemothu postala sila, ki vladavino razdejanja