Locke And Hobbes Research Paper

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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two different but very similar people.
They both were philosophers during the seventeenth century. The two men had different opinions about man but both talked about the structure of government, natural law, and the characteristics of the state of nature. Locke believed when man was born he was empty and could turn out to be good or bad. While Hobbes believed man was born evil and greedy. Thomas Hobbes was born in England on April 5, 1588. Hobbes's father was a clergyman, and Hobbes was educated in the classics at Oxford University. He traveled to meet writers, philosophers, and scientists of other European countries. He also traveled to study different forms of government. In 1652 Hobbes wrote his most famous

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