John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were both social contract theorists, and both natural law theorists. All other natural law theorists assumed that man was by nature a social animal. Hobbes believed in other things. Hobbes was infamous for producing numerous similarly unconventional results in physics and mathematics. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes each advocated divergent tenets of human nature and government during the seventeenth century; John Locke promoted an optimistic view of human nature in which they lived under a government that protected the rights of the people; Thomas Hobbes published his perspective of the human soul as negative, believing the only way to combat its evilness by complete suppression under an absolute ruler.
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Moreover, Both Locke and Thomas were influential philosophers of the 17th century, they both believed in a Social Contract and they both published books that were widely read. the advantages for Locke is that natural rights is preserved, religious toleration, and be able to replace a dysfunctional government. the disadvantages for Locke is the Religious toleration that would not be extended to Roman Catholics. The advantages Hobbes is the comfort and protection provided by a strong central ruler. The disadvantages Hobbes is that freedom would be limited and completely be taken away from the