1. Political Thinkers - Hobbes and Spinoza
... and all men are ˜content with his share'(Hobbes, 1651: ) as all men think they are smarter than everyone else. This equality, however, is what leads men to have the equal hope with every other man of reaching their goals or objectives in life which are towards self-preservation or indeed a pleasure and ... as this equal hope for the same things which ˜nevertheless they cannot both enjoy' (Hobbes, 1651: ) make men eternal enemies. This in turn makes it man's nature to destroy or subdue one another that are in pursuit of common goals and in order ... liberty.'(Locke, 1986) This vie...
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