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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes' Views on What European Politics Should Look Like During the Enlightenment Era and Beyond
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes' Views on What European Politics Should Look Like During the Enlightenment Era and Beyond
Throughout Europe during the years following the Renaissance Era, philosophical thinkers from diverse backgrounds; this lead to multiple scenarios on how the state could be run. Many ideas were exceptionally radical for the time, such as the theory of social contract, which stated the relationship the people should have with the government. John Locke and Thomas Hobbs were two of these philosophers. They had polar opposite political views: Thomas Hobbes believed in the monarchy in England; while John Locke believed in democracy and the protection of the fundamental rights of: life, liberty, and property. This lead to drastically different proposals on what type of government England should have.
English: Thomas Hobbes Македонски: То...
English: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
English: Thomas Hobbes Македонски: То...During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, The Scientific Revolution was beginning to take place. This was an energetic time period that led to the Enlightenment. Before the Enlightenment, England and the other states in Europe were lead under an absolute monarchy who claimed to have divine right or the right to rule given by God. The European states were also church-centered. Religion was at the center of every ones life, if you disobeyed the ruler you technically disobeyed God and were sent to prison or even executed at times. Scientists were beginning to make major discoveries, Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model where the sun (not the earth) is the center of the solar system and everything revolves around it. Galileo wrote the book, "Dialogues on Two Chief Systems of the World," where he and a man named Simplicius (who was actually Pope Urban VIII) have a discussion...