According to Hobbes does the Leviathan come about through force?

Question: According to Hobbes does the Leviathan come about through force!?

I'm guessing that the people don't elect him because he is elected by God--but then urrrgg I'm confused!.!.!.what gives him/her legitimacy!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Well first the people form a social contract in order to get out of the state of nature, which is, according to Hobbes, a state of war!. In doing so, the people legitimize the Sovereign and give him all their liberties!. He has ultimate authority due to this social contract!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, Hobbes believed that we would be very unhappy in a state of nature and could only be saved from ourselves by forming a society!. he did not believe that this would happen without a dictator who could rule by force:
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"Hobbes believed in the Rights of Nature, which state that you are at liberty to use all of your power to preserve your own life!. Hobbes defines the Right of Nature to mean that everyman has a right to everything, even to one another's bodies!. The Law of Nature states that you are obliged not to do anything destructive to your own life or to remove the means to preserve it!. Finally the fundamental Law of Nature states that everyone must endeavour to seek peace as long as there is hope of attaining it, however if there is no hope then you may use "all…advantages of Warre" (Ibid, pp!.99)!. It would be better for us to obtain peace but it is individually rational to be at war!. This is why a Sovereign is needed to force people to obey the Law of Nature, only in doing this can people be happy and so Hobbes believes there is a need for a strong dictator to take power in order for people to become civilised!."Www@QuestionHome@Com