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Similarities Between Locke And Hobbes

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In Second Treatise Government and The Leviathan, John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, suggest contrasting views as to whether citizens have the right of revolution against the sovereign. Hobbes prefers to establish the sovereign as a demigod, yet Locke understands the sovereign to be a mortal and fallible individual. Whereas Hobbes regards the sovereign as supreme and invulnerable from revolution, Locke does permit the people to revolt against the sovereign if the government infringes on their personal freedom and equality. The varied opinions of revolution lay in their view of the State of Nature — the natural state of man influences the decision of whether people should be able to revolt. Consequently, I argue that the way in which individuals
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