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John Locke thought people were neither good nor bad naturally. How did Hobbes’s views differ from Locke’s?
John Locke believed humans are
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Locke argued that all humans are born with what natural rights?
Which term is synonymous with “natural rights,” according to Enlightenment philosophers?
Which factors contributed to the beginning of the Enlightenment movement? Check all that apply.the age of science and scientific inquirythe revival of religious belief and studythe age of reason-based inquirythe advancement in all areas of human interestthe resurgence of past ideas and principles
Thomas Hobbes’s belief that every country should have the ultimate power over itself is known as
John Locke believed that natural rights
Read the passage from Two Treatises of Government (1690) by John Locke.This paternal, regal power being by divine right only his, it leaves no room for human prudence, or consent, to place it any where else; for if only one man hath a divine right to the obedience of mankind, no body can claim that obedience, but he that can shew that right; nor can men’s consciences, by any other pretence, be obliged to it. And thus, this doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.
What did the philosophers of the Enlightenment seek to understand?
Read the quote by Thomas Hobbes.Law was brought into the world for nothing else but to limit the natural liberty of particular men in such manner as they might not hurt but assist one another and join together against a common enemy.
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