... America, for example Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established social contract theory. John Locke was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Thomas Paine was an American and English political ... anarchy. These four very important men had different views on the government and how the people should be controlled by the government. Thomas Hobbes has a very famous quote from...

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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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