... society and politics. Not all political theorists, however, share the same views as to what such a state would be like. In the Leviathan and the Second Treatise of Civil Government, Hobbes and Locke, respectively, both ground their political philosophies at the same location: the state of ... that, in the absence of civil society, every action we perform is done for reasons which are selfish. The state of nature in Leviathan is derived from Hobbes' speculation as to how people (who are inherently selfish) would behave prior to the formation of any civil society. ... strength enough to ...

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... ends there, however. Jefferson's theory of revolution, as well as Locke's theory of government, could stand only as counterparts and arguments against Hobbes's belief in a monarchial government, which he deemed Leviathan. It is clear that more ideals from Locke's theory of government found their way into the epic declaration that set America free. Locke, in his Second Treatise of Government, described ... from many of the Enlightenment philosophers" ideas of natural right and natural law, and applied their notions to America's situation in the New World. Some of Hobbes's political theor...

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... of France whereas the English author Thomas Hobbes emphasized the rights of the sovereign power of the state over all members of the common polity. State power which he called Leviathan must be released from all kinds of legal ties. The commands of God and the laws of nature are the main subject in his doctrine. In his opinion, if state ... ...

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