Qutb And John Locke Similarities

The second philosopher that I am comparing to Qutb is John Locke, and his idea of the State of Nature. Both philosopher have some striking similarities, mainly when looking at the ways they see governments, freedom and insurrection. First of all, Locke’s ideas about the Social Contract were mostly influenced by Hobbes. Nevertheless, he has very distinct arguments concerning the nature of men’s relationship to authority. According to Locke the natural condition of mankind, is a state where its people are completely free to conduct their lives the way they want, independently from the interference of others. This does not mean, however, that such state should condemn anarchy. No one is free to do what he or she wants, or even anything that one judges to be selfishly in his interests. The State of Nature,
The human individual was, by virtue of his divine creation, subordinate to God, and God alone, and therefore was a free to think and do as he pleases. Likewise, Locke writes in The Second Treatise of Government: "The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authoritative of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule." (p. 15) For Locke, freedom was an inalienable attribute that took priority over society. Qutb, who argues that Islam meant freedom from human authority, echoed Locke's ideas about natural rights as God-given as and more important than civil society and