The sixteenth century witnessed the emergence of philosophies of liberty opposed to those found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. ... Such views were challenged by those who denied that liberty was a means by which men served ends that were properly human. ... Luther's and Calvin's views contributed further to the development of more modern ideas of liberty. ... Rousseau argued that man is separated from other living creatures by historical developments rather than human nature "a relativistic fallacy which provides the foundation for those elements of modern thought directly op...

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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. Furthermore, although they differed in some of the fundamental arguments, they were all in agreement as to the nature of man and his driving need to exist in an ordered and symbiotic society. Different arguments are put forward by the aforementioned theorists as to whether or not this need is born out of necessity, base...

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A time of "no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".1 Because man's natural state is so debased, Hobbes applied a authoritarian view of social contract. ... His views about knowledge and certainty, as well as views about relationship between mind and body have lasted throughout centuries. ... He was opposed to the flummery and ceremony of the churches. ...

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Of course I have my views on the way things need to be ran and governed but so does everyone else in the world, whether they are politically intelligent or not, and honestly, I feel like my views and opinions are irrelevant to what is really going on because there is a reason why my parents or anyone in my household or family is an influential politician.Throughout my life, I've always considered myself a Democrat. ... "Republicans don't care about black people, and neither does any other party for that matter" is basically how they feel about the opposing parties. ... I kn...

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In Niccolo Machiavelli's the Prince, he is conveying to the reader and also to the Medici family, his views on how Princes should run their states. ... During his discussion of these types of states, he concludes that it is easier for a prince to prosper in this setting as opposed to a principality. ... While providing possible roads that a prince can travel within each different conflict, sarcasm is heavily conveyed through the choices or roads that he views as being the wrong ones. ... This statement as well as others shows that throughout the book, Machiavelli makes a lot...

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Concept of Human Nature Locke's view on man is summed up in his Essay on Human Understanding. ... But another view of his proves the above to be contradictory. ... The stating of contradictory views like that shows us that he was not extreme in his thinking. ... Well, better than having an extreme view. ...

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