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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were very different Enlightenment philosophers.They had many similarities and differences on what form of government they should form for the people.For example Thomas Hobbes believed in a powerful government‚and John Locke believed in a limited government where the government should protect the people’s natural rights. Both of these philosophers were seventeen century enlightenment thinkers.Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had very different points of view on how the government

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    Thomas Hobbes vs. John Locke Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were to philosophers with opposing opinions on human nature and the state of nature. Locke saw humanity and life with optimism and community‚ whereas Hobbes only thought of humans as being capable of living a more violent‚ self-interested lifestyle which would lead to civil unrest. However‚ both can agree that in order for either way of life to achieve success there must be a sovereign. Hobbes was a philosopher who saw humans as a purely

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    Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ and Rousseau on Government  Starting in the 1600s‚ European philosophers began debating the question of who  should govern a nation. As the absolute rule of kings weakened‚ Enlightenment  philosophers argued for different forms of democracy.      Thomas Hobbes: Man of the State  Locke: The Reluctant Democrat  Montesquieu: The Balanced Democrat  Rousseau: The Extreme Democrat      Thomas Hobbes: Man of the State  In 1649‚ a civil war broke out over who would rule England—Parliament or King Charles 

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    the argument that humans could grow and progress‚ and stated that humans could reorganize society on the grounds of equality‚ justice‚ and freedom. Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were all members of The Enlightenment movement‚ and each had their own idea on how human society should be structured and run. Locke and Hobbes lived around the same time‚ and some of their political theories were the same‚ however‚ by the time Rousseau came along‚ much had changed. Born in Geneva

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    HobbesLocke‚ and Rousseau each have their own theories as to what the state of nature is; however‚ essentially they are trying to describe the same state of nature. Assuming that there is only one state of nature being described in different ways‚ I will attempt to put together a theory of what the state of nature is actually like based on what HobbesLocke‚ and Rousseau each has to say about it. Moreover‚ understanding the state of nature is important for figuring out what role it played in the

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    Hobbes vs Locke During the Enlightenment‚ or the Age of Reason of the 17th and 18th century in Europe‚ two great thinkers‚ Thomas Hobbes and John Locke‚ promoted their conflicting views on government. They stood off firmly as rivals as one respectively desired a society in which a monarch was present while the other insisted that people were capable of governing themselves. Their philosophies also contradicted each other on the nature of man. Their ideals on politics have always been of large debate

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    individuals published their thoughts on the issue. Thomas Hobbes believed that humans were in a social contract with the government. On the other hand John Locke believed that human were natural liberals. Both had very different ideas on how the nation should be govern. First‚ Thomas Hobbes thoughts of the nations were that it resembled the movement of the solar system “-a people orbiting their ruler.” (Sayre 338). In his publication Hobbes explain that humans were driven by two things‚ the fear of

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    Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and political theorist best known for his book the Leviathan. His major school of thought was to question how we as a society should obey rules and to what extent should the government interfere with the society. Similarly‚ John Locke who was another English philosopher and political theorist was best known for his work on the Second treatise on the government. Locke believed that Man tended to be naturally moral whereas Hobbes disagreed. In this essay‚ I

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    similar occupations‚ but very different opinions about government. The first philosophers name was Thomas Hobbes and he wrote the social contract. His social contract talked about giving the government total power. Whereas the other philosopher called John Locke had a different view on things. He disagreed and stated just the opposite. Locke is a little more practical with his philosophy. Hobbes believed in a monarchy over the people for more control in the city. He thought that a ruler should have

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    Natalia Stanczak Santroni CHY4U1-02 3/28/2014 Compare and contrast Hobbes and Locke’s view on the nature of man. Why do you think they came to the conclusions that they did? “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”― Albert Camus. Back in the renaissance period many theorist‚ philosophers and brilliant men had their own view on the “nature of man”; Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were some of them. They were both brilliant men who had their own opposite views of men and the nature

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