Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had different views on human nature that affected their views on government. Thomas Hobbes lived from 1588 to 1679. He was a philosopher who wrote the book “Leviathan.” In the late 1630s, he became linked with the royalists in the dispute between the English king and the English parliament. He lived through the English Civil War, which took place from 1642-1651. The chaos of the English Civil War influenced Thomas Hobbes to think that society needed a strong monarch to keep order because people could not do it themselves. John Locke lived from 1632 to 1704. He also lived in England and his circle of friends opposed the king, but the English Civil War probably did not affect him in the same way it affected
