... era in which scholars began to reject the ideas and beliefs of the authority and the Church, and started to think for themselves. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jaques Rousseau were three enlightenment thinkers who each drafted different ideas about the state of nature, and political solutions ... a representative democracy really were the driving force behind the revolution. Born during a time of religious warfare, this caused philosopher Thomas Hobbes to believe that humans are innately selfish and violent, and the only way they should be ruled is through a single sovereign power ...

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... rights should be closely monitored by it's citizens under its law. However, another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes comes in contrast with John Locke. In Hobbes book "Leviathan" he argued that humans are not rational and could not properly make decisions for themselves, therefore concluding that ... man is bad in nature. Hobbes fought for an authoritarian government run by one man who makes all the rational ... in the peoples best interest to overthrow the government due to its lack of accountability to its citizens. Another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes would disag...

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