HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Thomas Hobbs
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John Locke
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Francis Bacon
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Issac Newton
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Detailed explanation-1: -A central argument made by Locke is that each individual has a natural right to life, liberty and property, even in the state of nature . These natural rights flow from natural law and are governed by it. These rights are pre-political and are, thus, in effect granted by God and held by every individual from birth.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Locke (1632 – 1704) was another prominent Western philosopher who conceptualized rights as natural and inalienable. Like Hobbes, Locke believed in a natural right to life, liberty, and property. According to Locke there are three natural rights: • Life: everyone is entitled to live.
Detailed explanation-3: -For Locke, the government must be a “neutral judge” of law with no right to interfere in the lives of the individual. The most radical idea to come from Locke’s pen was the idea of governmental legitimacy. Locke believed that a government should be beholden to the people rather than vice-versa.