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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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau while all being similar in many ways, also differentiate amongst themselves as well. ... Thomas Hobbes in his book The Leviathan talks about the great Leviathan which is synonymous with that of a common-wealth or state. ... (Hobbes p.1) What Hobbes I believe means by this is that the Leviathan, or government has been set up to protect and defend its public from harm. ... Thereby showing how Hobbes Leviathan is set up to provide for the good of the public. ... Thomas Hobbes writes that there are three different forms of common-wealth. ...

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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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MASTERWORKS OF POLITICAL THEORY Midterm Essay Niccolo Machiavelli, Martin Luther, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke were four political theorists who shared a like mind in the need for the foundation of government and the extent to which its power and authority should reach. ... One hundred and thirty years later, with the publication of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes brought beliefs on the foundation and extent of government out of the church and into the next level of political thought. ... Hobbes gives us the first true definition of the state of nature and the purpose of man's existence i...

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