The writings of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke dominated political philosophy during the seventeenth century. While these men were two of the most influential philosophers on government of all time, they both had distinct views that sometimes clashed with one another. Two differences that existed between Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were there views on the state of nature in regard to satisfying needs and justice.
In Thomas Hobbe’s Leviathan, Hobbe’s believes that there is always constant war in a state of nature. He states that people are in a constant struggle to satisfy their own needs. This common struggle therefore creates brute competition among citizens. Hobbe’s specifically states if two men desire the same thing that they can’t
In Thomas Hobbe’s Leviathan, Hobbe’s believes that there is always constant war in a state of nature. He states that people are in a constant struggle to satisfy their own needs. This common struggle therefore creates brute competition among citizens. Hobbe’s specifically states if two men desire the same thing that they can’t