POLI 232 Chapter : Locke and Hobbes.docx
15 Dec 2012
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Locke and hobbes use the same terminology to mean a vastly different set of things. For locke, the state of nature was not turbulent, and savage, as implied by. Hobbes, but instead is a just state in which all men are equal: two key distinctions with hobbes: Locke thought this was far better than an illegitimate government, whereas hobbes believed that an absolutist monarch was better than the state of nature. Compared to hobbes" state of nature, locke postulated that his. State of nature existed beyond the confines of his text. Locke may have been influenced in regards to his political belief because of his context: it was written during the time of the exclusion crisis, during which.
