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John Locke By Jordan Schlueter

John Locke was a British philosopher who thought humans had equal knowledge at birth. He believed that people gain their knowledge through experiences. His beliefs helped to inspire Enlightenment thinkers to question the church and state. Locke says that government should be determined by popular vote and rebellion when the peoples’ life, liberty, or property are threatened. From Locke’s perspective, “All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions (Brainyquote.com).” In this quote, Locke establishes that all of mankind is equal and unique. He then lays out what he believes people deserve as their rights. This equality and independence has been behind much of the Enlightenment, Modernism, and our U.S. government.

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Thomas Hobbes By Clayton Buller



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Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588 and he lived to be 91 years old, dying in 1679. Hobbes is the founding father for Modern Political Philosophy. He believed that all people were programmed to do was to look out for themselves and do what was in their own best interest. Even if this means doing unjustifiable things to achieve those interests. He has many ethics and ideas, some of which include Materialism Vs. Self Knowledge, The Poverty of the Human Judgement and Our Need for Science, Motivation. He strongly believed that the Natural Condition of Mankind is that ""natural" condition human beings lack government, which is an authority created by men. What is Hobbes's reasoning here? He claims that the only authority that naturally exists among human beings is that of a mother over her child, because the child is so very much weaker than the mother (and indebted to her for its survival)." (Hobbes). He stated that if there were no Government over the people, they would show their true nature as humans, which he believed to be selfishness. Humans have insecurities that draw out of them and makes them react and use their judgement on what is best for them at the time. He believed that there was in absence of moral in humans. Hobbes has set all of the terms which we deem necessary to argue fundamentals of political life.=====

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