Modern Practices Of Hobbes And Rousseau Core Humanities...

ï ¿ ¼University of Nevada, Reno Modern Practices of Hobbes and Rousseau Core Humanities Paper No. 1 Kimberly Martin CH 202 Joe Taglieber September 22, 2015 Martin !1 ï ¿ ¼Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were philosophers from the 16th and 17th centuries. Hobbes and Rousseau developed theories that explained the development of human nature and how men govern themselves given the circumstances around them. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau both have become the most influential philosophers of our time, setting up current and future stand points in our society. Not only did they affect our governing process but they have pressed an impact on political systems all over the world. Hobbes and Rousseau both created theories about human†¦show more content†¦Hobbes also had a more negative view of human nature, he saw that no morality existed, men lived in a state of war and the strong and weak were created equal. In order to fix society, â€Å"the passions that incline men to peace are fear of death, desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living, and a hope by their Martin !2 ï ¿ ¼industry to obtain them,† (Hobbes, 38). This means that in order to gain the peace and life man wants, he must work for it and rise above their current state of nature. According to Hobbes, the state of man after leaving his natural state is happier since there is actual order to society especially after being bonded to a social contract with the government. Rousseau stated in his Discourse on the Origin and Foundation of Inequality Among Men, that he believes that that men are created equal but has a more positive outlook compared to Hobbes. Jean-Jacques Rousseau views the relationship between man and nature as free and equal just as Hobbes did. Unlike Hobbes, Rousseau thought that man was happier when he was in his natural state, â€Å"it will be understood how much less difference from man to man must be in the state of nature than in society,