... nature" life is a nasty, poor, short and burnished. (Hobbes p.357) Hobbes has a idea the only way to protect ones liberty is to enter a "social contract" that everyone give up a little liberty to gain protection for their property. The Leviathan would be the entrusted to maintained order, and be judge and the punisher ... went one break the "social contract". (Hobbes) John Locke's Two Treatises on Government talk about property of oneself. The one own body is his poverty to build his own wealthy. ... as a whole will come together and benefit in governing themselves by protecting each in...

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... It influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the rights of man and of the Citizen. These political, economic, and social changes from the Enlightenment influenced the Documents. John Locke advocated the three natural rights of man, which influenced many of the Enlightenment's ... them in the first part of the declaration, stating that they can have Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Around 1650 the Social Contract was born. Thomas Hobbes said, "If everyone gave up their rights to a strong ruler, that in return then would receive law and ... order."(pg....

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... actions of others before him, and also through the understanding of human nature (or the way he saw it). On the other hand, Rousseau's "Social Contract" explained to us how to cultivate society, to fight evil brought about by society, and make a livable community. But one question still stands, ... . Rousseau formed an elaborate form of democracy where people come together and sacrifice certain rights for the better of themselves and the community. His book "The Social Contract" created a society with a populace, also known as the Sovereign, which helped decide laws, vote for a legislato...

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John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau John Locke, who wrote The Second Treatise of Civil Government, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who wrote, The Social Contract, both have unique views of nature and "social contract." After their time they each made individual impacts on the way society thinks. They started a new way of thought which is now known as behaviorism. Behaviorism is a school of psychology ... ...

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