John Locke
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions: for men (are) all the workmanship of one omnopotent and infinitely wise Maker; all the servants of one sovereign master, sent into the world by his order, and about his business.
Thomas Hobbes
Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common power to kept them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war, as is of every man, against every man. For 'war' consists not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is suffciently known.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Many a one believes himself the master of others, and yet he is greater slave than they.
But the strength and freedom of each man being the chief instruments of hes preservation, how can he pledge them without injuring himself, and without neglecting the cares which he owes to himslef?
Equality
Servants
The power each person has.
Rules/laws.
Comparing John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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