Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, two British philosophers, have spent a great deal of their lives thinking and arguing extensively on this subject. ... (Hobbes, Leviathan 122) Hobbes believes that there are two types of people who live in a Law of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103-122), a Natural Person (Hobbes, Leviathan 125) and an Artificial Person. (Hobbes, Leviathan 125) A Natural Person (Hobbes, Leviathan 125) is one whose words are the individuals and the originator of the words, so the contract they create to escape the State of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 98 v/s 102) is one the individual ...

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Philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau examined the causes of man's misery, while Thomas Hobbes explored why man has established political societies. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes have theories on how the state of nature was before civilization emerged. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes both believed that a society existed due to political regime. ... Thomas Hobbes first acknowledged this idea in his novel Leviathan written in the 1651. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes's view on the natural state of man vary on several degrees. ...

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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jaques Rousseau were three enlightenment thinkers who each drafted different ideas about the state of nature, and political solutions to make society and government more utopia-like. ... Born during a time of religious warfare, this caused philosopher Thomas Hobbes to believe that humans are innately selfish and violent, and the only way they should be ruled is through a single sovereign power. Hobbes believed that humans were not driven by a higher purpose, that they were merely physical, and that human life was nasty, short, poor, brutish, and solitary. .....

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Hobbes -- a Social Covenant Theorist Throughout the assigned portions of the Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes proves to be a "social contract" theorist, however inconsistently. ... Hobbes assumes that "Nature hath made men equall." ... (Hobbes 184) Hence, creating a constant state of war. ... (Hobbes 190) In addition to this most inconvenient physical state of nature, Hobbes elaborates upon the "mutuall transferring of right." ... (Hobbes 193) Thusly, forming this covenant, which promises that a...

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English philosopher Thomas Hobbes's novel Leviathan (1651), John Locke's The Second Treasite of Government (1690), and Genevian philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality (1755) political theories and ideologies held an immense influence on the shaping of governmental systems and society in Europe and America. ... In his renowned text, Leviathan, English philosopher Thomas Hobbs introduces his theory on human nature; man's morality, politics, psychological egoism, and their correlations; as well as how they contribute to the creation of government. He intro...

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Compare and Contrast Hobbes" and Locke's State's of Nature Thomas Hobbes lived in seventeenth century England. ... In the Leviathan, Hobbes attempts to explain the nature of power. ... (Hobbes, The Leviathan) Fortunately man is endowed with reason which in turn enables him to recognize his problem and ultimately discover a solution to said problem. ... In my opinion, Hobbes" state of nature is an anarchical one. ... Like Hobbes, Locke believed that all men are born free and equal. ...

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Social Contract Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacque Rousseau are the thinkers of "modern solution". ... Hobbes continues Machiavelly's traditional thinking . ... Hobbes also developed this thesis but applied it to a man. ... Moreover, he explains a society as a man - Leviathan. ... He is against Hobbes's social contract. ...

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