1. The Base of Civil Government
... interests. Contrary to Hobbes another English philosopher, John Locke, introduced in 1690 from his work, The second Treatise of Government, the idea that the State of Nature is actually "A state of perfect freedom" (The Second Treatise of Government Locke 8) as well as a "state of perfect equality" (Locke 10). The only thing limiting man in the State of Nature is that he is Comment [CB2]: That ... man is without government in the state of nature is a statement of fact, not of cause. Comment [CB3]: Use a colon here. Comment [CB4]: Awkwardly ... this is a deviant factor within Hobbes. In...
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