Hobbes vs. Locke
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were both commanding philosophers of their respective eras. Hobbes’ influences can be discerned in the philosophies of Locke. Both thinkers possess analogous qualities in their inquisitive flairs, on top of their topics in their writings.
Each of these philosophers puts forward his opinion of the contemporary situations in their times. To give an example, Hobbes writes about his view on the government of his day. Hobbes likewise utilizes certain appeals to his intended audience. He tries to convince the audience to share thoroughly with his sentiments about the topic. He makes use of his opinion explicitly throughout the composition. Locke similarly brings these tactics into play and asserts his opinion in Second Treatise of Government. Locke attaches the contemporaneous state of affairs in his time to the moral dilapidation of society. He draws on factual information in tandem with his own earnest feelings about life in his time to sway the audience to sense that something should be done to improve the situation in sight
Although the Leviathan is primarily a book on social and political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, an English political theorist, had not intended to restrict his attention to that subject. Caught up in the rising tide of scientific discovery, he was deeply impressed by the precision of science and above all by the certainty of scientific knowledge. The intellectual atmosphere of the 16th and 17th centuries had been undergoing a radical alteration as one area of inquiry after another yielded to the probing method of science. Hobbes caught the spirit of the times. Indeed, Hobbes sought to create a science of politics. Hobbes said that there are basic laws governing human be ...