Chapter 22: Enlightenment and Revolution Assessment –Research Worksheet
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Thomas Hobbes
Where was he born?
Thomas Hobbes was born in Westport, in 5th April 1588.
What were his major achievements in life?
He was a philosopher. One of his major work was on Leviathon (1651). He was one of the social critics during that time. What are two interesting facts about him?
Hobbes believed that humans were all naturally selfish and wicked after seeing the English Civil War.
He believed in absolutism, the belief that all power should be vested into one ruler, which many people didn’t agree with. He was also the tutor of the exiled prince of Whales.
What are his viewpoints on people’s personal freedoms?
Hobbes thought that people shouldn’t have full personal freedom as that will lead to war and disastrous events, thus, they should hand over their freedom and rights to a stronger government, one who has the power over everything. In return, they will get law and order and Hobbes called this type of government the social contract. Therefore, Thomas Hobbes believed that without the governments to keep the people in order, there would be war …show more content…
He had a more positive view of human nature, probably because of his experience with the glorious revolution. Locke believed that people should be free and equal and that when people were born, they had 3 natural rights; life, liberty and property. He believed that people could learn from their experiences and improve themselves and as reasonable people, they have the natural intelligence to be able to be in charge of their own life. Since he believed that, absolute monarchy was the opposite of that, thus, he criticized it and liked the idea of
Directions: Completion of this worksheet is a required part of your assessment for this unit. Please type into this document and email it to your teacher in the same email as the Facebook profile.
Thomas Hobbes
Where was he born?
Thomas Hobbes was born in Westport, in 5th April 1588.
What were his major achievements in life?
He was a philosopher. One of his major work was on Leviathon (1651). He was one of the social critics during that time. What are two interesting facts about him?
Hobbes believed that humans were all naturally selfish and wicked after seeing the English Civil War.
He believed in absolutism, the belief that all power should be vested into one ruler, which many people didn’t agree with. He was also the tutor of the exiled prince of Whales.
What are his viewpoints on people’s personal freedoms?
Hobbes thought that people shouldn’t have full personal freedom as that will lead to war and disastrous events, thus, they should hand over their freedom and rights to a stronger government, one who has the power over everything. In return, they will get law and order and Hobbes called this type of government the social contract. Therefore, Thomas Hobbes believed that without the governments to keep the people in order, there would be war …show more content…
He had a more positive view of human nature, probably because of his experience with the glorious revolution. Locke believed that people should be free and equal and that when people were born, they had 3 natural rights; life, liberty and property. He believed that people could learn from their experiences and improve themselves and as reasonable people, they have the natural intelligence to be able to be in charge of their own life. Since he believed that, absolute monarchy was the opposite of that, thus, he criticized it and liked the idea of