Showing posts with label State of Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State of Nature. Show all posts

Sunday, December 25, 2011

‘State of Nature’: A Brief Look into the Views of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

Famous works of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
Regarded as two of the world's great philosophers and political thinkers, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke espoused beliefs about human nature that are seemingly contradictory. Yet, according to academics Jeffrey Pratt and Steven Forde, Hobbes and Locke have several intersecting ideas. Nevertheless, their teachings still have differences.