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    John Locke said that it is very important for society as well as a place for government to have a grasp and control on its people‚ by being able to us land and private property as limits toward various extents. For Marx‚ he was on the other hand very against

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    Q: The phrase “ a lawyer’s brief justifying a revolution” has been used to describe the ___ A: Declaration of Independence Q: What the colonists sought in proclaiming independence from Great Britain was political power embodied in a A: Written constitution Q: ____ rights are based on nature and Providence A: Unalienable rights Q: Where were the essential rights demanded from the British-life‚ liberty‚ and property- derived from? A: Certain natural rights ordained by God Q: The principal

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    ‘Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th‚ 1743‚ in Shadwell‚ Virginia. Thomas Jefferson had many roles that he played in the United States. During the Declaration of Independence he was the third president‚ and acted as a draftsman. Drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 turned into the characterizing occasion in Thomas Jefferson’s life. However‚ Jefferson’s longing to come back to Virginia to compose that state’s constitution‚ the Continental Congress designated him to

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    In the Declaration of Independence it says that all men are created equal‚ and many have said that this applies to all people no matter the sex‚ race‚ religion‚ etc. The most important factor in granting suffrage to women in America is if women are worthy of suffrage or not. Some say women should not be able to vote because the US may not grant suffrage to anyone and women should remain in a separate sphere others say women are supposed to be endowed with inalienable rights‚ which includes suffrage

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    Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704) greatly disagreed on many key issues of their day; issues such as human nature‚ political authority‚ and the right of people to rebel. Hobbes studied before the Enlightenment‚ whereas that influenced John Locke’s views immensely. Hobbes’s ideas are also derived from his pessimistic view of human nature. He viewed people as selfish and greedy. To the contrary‚ Locke viewed people as good and intelligent. Hobbes often described people as selfish

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    Adam’s Title to Sovereignty by the Subjection of Eve” in John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government‚ I argue that John Locke is a feminist. Locke acknowledges Eve’s – who serves at the representation of all women – important biblical recognition‚ confesses to her Dominion over mankind‚ gave her equal authority‚ if not more‚ over children‚ and briefly addresses her power to access property. Although economic free is beyond the scope of this paper‚ Locke illuminates all characteristics of modern-day feminism

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    Enlightenment thinker that I most agree with is John Locke. I most agree with him because he concurs with Hobbes about the severity of the condition of nature‚ which obliges a social contract to guarantee peace. Be that as it may‚ he can’t help contradicting 2 things. He contended that regular rights‚ for example‚ life‚ liberty‚ and property existed in the condition of nature and could never be taken away or even willfully surrendered by people. Locke additionally couldn’t help contradicting Hobbes

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    it may‚ when it stops to satisfy it‚ then the laws would have no legitimacy and the Legislature can be tossed out of force. In Locke’s perspective‚ boundless power is as opposed to regular law. Consequently‚ John Locke pushed the standard of - "a condition of freedom; not of permit". Locke upheld a state for the general great of individuals. He argued for a naturally restricted government. Jean Jacques Rousseau was a French rationalist who gave another elucidation to the hypothesis of Social Contract

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    During the 17th century a debate that is still unresolved where John Locke argued that there is no such thing as innate ideas as we all come to have knowledge without having to posit innate ideas or innate principles. And what is meant by innate ideas is that concepts‚ knowledge or ideas that are not obtained by means of sense or past encounter but rather pre destined or preprogrammed into our minds when we are born into this world. This knowledge are within our sub consciousness and they come to

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    Gettysburg Address‚ Declaration of Independence‚ and the Four Freedoms of speech documents show relationship in terms of democracy and freedom. First‚ in Gettysburg Address‚ President Abraham Lincoln delivered statements in November 1863 at a formal ceremony that occurred in Pennsylvania. The president gave the speech at one of the most fierce and bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Additionally‚ Lincoln proclaimed that the fight was a struggle for the preservation of the Union armies and repeated

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