A Review of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, Their Effect on Today’s World

Abstract

Though they differ in many ways, John Locke and Thomas Hobbes are both philosophers that in multiple ways, have contributed to modern philosophy. Today, their contribution to many well-known political issues such as the state of human nature, natural law, social contract, conflict, and civil society just to list a few, are common knowledge. This essay discourses their views, its impact on either or both themselves and the masses, and the criticisms it evoked.   Received: 05 May 2022 / Accepted: 17 June 2023 / Published: 23 July 2023