overly-dramatic tales as vehicles for said criticisms. In a similar fashion‚ various literary analysts have asserted that Shakespeare’s exposure to Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ a unique text and supposedly satirical political treatise written while Machiavelli was imprisoned‚ shaped the characterization and styling found in Hamlet. The gravity of Machiavelli’s The Prince influenced Shakespeare‚ among other authors of the time‚ to assert his own criticism
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A Comparative Essay of John Locke and Karl Marx Regarding The Privatization of Religion Citizen’s views on today’s hotly debated topics such as: gay marriage‚ abortion‚ capital punishment‚ immigration‚ etc… are frequently affected by religious beliefs. This will be an examination of two different theorist’s opinions of how religion and political society affect each other including contrast and comparisons between the two views. John Locke was a British political theorist. Much of our American
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Hobbes and John Locke will be explored to compare their goals for the ideal sate. Hobbes and Locke were significant political philosophers‚ predominantly in the 17th Century‚ most importantly for being natural law and social contract theorists. Hobbes and Locke both vary in their approaches as Hobbes is labelled a pessimist‚ while Locke is considered an optimist‚ influencing how they perceive the idea state to look like. The social contract theory was addressed by Hobbes first then Locke later‚ both
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Machiavelli Machiavelli lived during the Renaissance era of the Medieval times. In this time period many concepts and ideas were being reborn‚ including the Christian faith. He lived during a time period in which the people of the time thought of the Black Plague as a symptom of judgment upon the sinfulness of the land. These same people began to scourge themselves in order to express their sorrow and therefore remove God’s judgment laid upon them. Although Machiavelli lived long after the fall
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many people‚ including some religions. John Locke has several arguments against innate knowledge; among these‚ the argument that states that if we did in fact possess innate ideas‚ then everybody would agree on at least one idea. There are no principles that everybody aggress on. Therefore‚ innate ideas cannot possibly exist. Locke uses the logic of this argument for several different situations such as the argument for moral innate knowledge. Locke starts off this argument by saying “No moral
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In analyzing the works of Plato and John Locke I feel that Plato presents a more accurate idealism in how a society should be maintained. Plato puts ultimate power in those with the highest knowledge. I feel that this concept is necessary in order to have a successful regime‚ thus I support in my argument. Plato’s theory hand picks guardians to become Philosopher Kings. These kings are those with "Gold" Souls‚ and in fact do not wish to become such a hierarchal figure. Plato chooses Guardians who
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of the most influential political philosopher and social contract theorists of all time‚ John Locke and Thomas Hobbes both used ‘The State of Nature’ as a medium in order to understand the basic human nature and natural human rights in their writings. Both‚ then used their own understanding of the human nature in order to determine and justify the ideal form of government‚ its role and its powers. However‚ Locke and Hobbes reach markedly different conclusions. Hobbes argues that every man should concede
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Critical Response #1 "A Letter Concerning Toleration" is a text written by John Locke that strongly advocates for the separation between the Church and State. Locke argues that the state‚ our government‚ has no authority to interfere with the religious practices of its citizens‚ and to encroach upon these practices is a vast violation of their civil rights. In this critical response‚ I will briefly summarize key elements of the text and demonstrate that Locke’s concerns of separation are still valid
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examining the political philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli one should not expect to reach a hasty or even concrete conclusion; instead an inconclusive conversation on a topic that is unfathomably complex. In much of the contemporary literature concerning the writings of Machiavelli‚ he is portrayed as the classical Florentine ‘civic humanist’- a tradition awarded to ideals of nationalism‚ republican government and civic duty. As it is often supposed‚ Machiavelli was no pioneer of political thought or herald
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Hobbes vs. Locke: Development and Expansion of Political Thought Comparing and Contrasting Hobbes Leviathan and Locke’s Second Treatise of Government This essay will compare and contrast several of the political theories on natural law‚ the need for government and structure thereof‚ as expressed in Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan and John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. Similarities and differences of political theories are found in these two works‚ posing the question of whether Locke’s
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