Thomas Hobbes Enlightenment Analysis

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These two quotes are more similar than black and white, yet the meaning behind such intricate words truly speak to the listener and allow them to understand the meaning behind the curtain. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, two Enlightenment thinkers, had different ideas about the true nature of the mysterious and unknown creature that is human. They both had explicitly different points of views on the how the world worked, yet they were more similar than anybody came to think. Their thoughts and ideas seemed to be the heads and tails to a coin but in reality they were more similar than rain and water based solely on their beliefs and the way they executed it. These two extraordinary geniuses figured out what humans’ sole purpose on earth was and shared it with …show more content…
With these two beliefs established, this essay will be going over the facts and differences as well as my opinion on who I believe, as a human, was right and wrong about us.

This big question this essay will cover is, who do I believe was right in a belief kind of standpoint, backing up my answers with reasoning and giving two different viewpoints of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. I personally believe that John Locke was more in the right but Thomas Hobbes did have a valid point to this endless debate. One could go on arguing for hours saying who was right and wrong when the real answer is, they’re both right and wrong. I don’t like to favor one side more than the other so I could claim both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes are correct, yet wrong in their own way. Thomas Hobbes believed all people were selfish, greedy, and cruel, only set on this earth to seek power

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