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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Hobbes continues Machiavelly's traditional thinking . ... As already well known the period Hobbes lived was very conservative. ... 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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Hobbes - founder of modern social thought - tried to explain nature of man and society w/out recourse to assumptions of Greco-Christian tradition - born 1588 - Only certain principle of human conduct was self preservation - Descarte- humans could still know reality even if no resemblance between our sense experience and external world - Elements of Philosophy physics, psychology, & political implications sections, basis of work - Theory hold that all social relations are artificial & are products of calculation rather than impulse or affection - Humans must give their consent to absolu...

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