Explanation:Thomas Hobbes 'and John Locke's are famous political philosophers.There views regarding human nature similar at some places but at some other places they differ.
Similarities:
- Both the philosophers have given importance to human nature.
- Both the philosophers consider that there is need of government to exercise control over human beings.
- Both also refers to the risk that might arise when no governmental control is there.
- Both highlighted the point that there should be equality among humans,otherwise it might give rise to war like situations.
Differences:
Hobbes believed that human beings are not humble at all ,they are cruel by nature.As per him the fittest will survive so the need government to control them ,otherwise there will be war like situations.
Locke's believed that humans are social creatures ,they want to be the part of society.humans have good nature and they need government to maintain that nature.
I agree with Locke's point of view.His views are more positive as compared to Hobbes'
Because he had become a Republican.
It means that the Romans were lazy , but on the other hand, "soft belly" also means having a harsh time or problems. During this time, The Romans become lazy and that was one of the reasons for the fall of Rome.
1) Man is born selfish but can give up some freedom in return for security provided by the government.
2) Both believed in the theory of a social contract.
The social contract is a theory that arose throughout the Age of Enlightenment and regularly involves the legitimacy of the state´s authority over the individual. Some of its most notable theorists were Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
3) The French provided financial support to the American revolutionaries, causing massive debt that led the French king to raise taxes.
When American colonists won independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, the French, who participated in the war themselves, were both close allies and key participants. They were inspired by the American fight against a taxation system they found discriminating and unfair, and their battle against absolutism and unequal rights.
4) It used humor to show the need for social reform.
Candide (1759) is a French satire by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.
