These factions, or princes, were looking only to further their own power without regard for those that they meant to rule. ... An advocate of physical power, as well as governmental power, Machiavelli stressed the need for virtu, a quality that has been translated to mean "...a union of force and ability...will"(Burckhardt quoted in Machiavelli 195). ... Subsequently, individual wants supersede all, including any earlier alliances formed in the pursuit of power. ... Such a contract becomes necessary as man's desire for power is exceeded by his want for rest and peace. ... Locke also conce...

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The quote shows just how important the land that they had discovered was to them because of all the new materials. ... Their main goal was to gain land, resources, and most importantly, power. ... This quote shows how Equiano was passed from master to master and all the resources he encountered. ... Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his limbs, the social pact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members; and it is the same power which, directed by the general will, bears, as I have said, the name of sovereignty."" ... He compares this pact as having ...

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He was the first modern theorist to agree for absolute power of government. ... He believed that in challenging the doctrine of the divine right of the sovereign power is absolute. ... This is the root of his famous quote " I think, therefore I am".2 Third, Locke's "state of nature- was defined by freedom, equality and consideration of other people's rights. ... For whatever happens, happens by God's will and eternal decree, that is whatever happens according to rules which involve eternal necessity and truth." 7 With this quote he argues that the chief good of human li...

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Natural men are free, "masterlesse men, without subjection to Lawes, and a coercive Power" (Hobbes 141). ... " (Locke 9) So we can already see from this quote that, similar to Hobbes natural man, Locke's also lives his life in a state of natural rationality. However, this quote simultaneously exposes a monumental difference between the two. ... (Locke 15) From this, with no civil power to whom men can appeal but only the Law of Nature to defend his life, man must resort to killing those who bring this state of ill will upon him. ... So just as with Hobbes, man seeking secur...

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He pointed out that parental power should be equal. ... He also rebuked the power of monarchs by giving many metaphors including the Adam as one of the examples. ... Also, a man's moral equality got nothing to do with his physical power and capabilities. ...

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