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Political and Social Philosophies of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes

This is particularly true for Jefferson verses Madison and Hobbes verses Locke. Despite their differences in philosophies, ...

Social Contract Theory and the State

In six pages this report discusses the social contract theory in a consideration of how the state concept came into being with Joh...

An Assessment of the Statement 'All Men Are Created Equal'

In five pages this paper agrees with Thomas Jefferson's 'declaration.' There are three bibliographic sources cited....

Historical Context Regarding Philosophy's Intent

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

Thesis of Divisibility

In five pages political and scientific philosophies are both considered in an examination of divinity with the perspectives of Tho...

Thomas Hobbes' and John Locke's Views and the 'Opposing Appetites' of Niccolo Machiavelli

In five pages this report contrasts Machiavelli's social opposition theory with the perspectives of political theorists Thomas Hob...

Concept of the Social Contract According to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...

Comparative Analysis of Notable Americans of the Past

contributions that people are better able to understand politics and better able to base future decision. Fortunately, there is a...

The Politics and Metaphysics of Thomas Hobbes

same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...

Thomas Hobbes and the Influence of Francis Bacon

In seven pages this paper examines how Thomas Hobbes' writings were influenced by Francis Bacon....

Government Authority

the government have the right to act? By what measure can one say that an existing government is a rightful one? Hobbess...

Thomas Jefferson by Joyce Appleby

the United States. The book begins around the time he was elected as President, which took place at the end of the 18th century. I...

Thomas Jefferson: Contradiction

associates in Europe" he would refer "to blacks as lazy, slow, unable to reason, lacking in imagination and even spoke against the...

Philosophical Empiricism and Rationalism

In two pages this report examines the Empiricism characterized by the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the rationa...

Divisibility, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this paper discusses divisibility in a comparative analysis of the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Fo...

Liberal Democratic and Radical Political Schools of Thought Compared

of his better known works "The Social Contract", he discusses issues involved in radical or republican thought regarding the human...

Philosophy and Presidential Candidates

In five pages this paper discusses how presidential candidates can each be connected in some way with the philosophies of Jean Jac...

New World According to John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

a result, then, human action falls under the same "mechanized" process; specific desires occur in the human body and reveal themse...

Disciples of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes and Their Disagreements

Divisibility and positivism are examined in a report of two pages that discusses the disagreement points between Thomas Hobbes' an...

Comparative Analysis of Plato's, Hobbes' and Locke's Theories

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

A Review of Deaf Like Me

A 5 page review of the book by Thomas Spradley and James Spradley. 1 source....

John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and the Social Contract

In seven pages this paper examines the social contract in concept and incorporates the philosophical views of Thomas Hobbes and Jo...

Political Parties and Government Powers According to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison

In five pages this paper discusses a fictional debate between three of the U.S. Founding Fathers regarding government powers and a...

Colonial to Romantic Period American Literature

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

Social Contract Theory and John Locke

In five pages this paper examines the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes in a comparison of their social contract th...

The Federalists vs. Anti-federalists

James Madison served their nation at a time when the United States was a new country and was trying to establish its identity. Bot...

Analysis of Relativism vs. Absolutism

In ten pages this research paper discusses the philosophical arguments of Jean Paul Sartre, William James, Michel de Montaigne, Th...

The Nature of Man in Society and in Government

himself how to act in every given circumstance; in addition, each person would be "judge, jury and executioner" of any disputes th...

Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

In three pages this paper examines how Jefferson borrowed from Enlightenment theories and John Locke's political philosophy in wri...

Ideals or Political Applications in the Ideologies of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, and John Locke in his Second Treatise on Government (Hobbes and See Also Thomas Hobbes Leviathan 1651, 2...