Aristotle, Hobbes, and Locke

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This paper explores the writings of Aristotle, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes and reviews the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution in an effort to determine whether or not these great thinkers influenced the Founding Fathers when they wrote these two historical documents.

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"It is very clear that the "Founding Fathers" of the U.S. were making as a foundation for the government of the U.S. to be infused with the power of the people and not of their own volition. Further those men were created with God-given rights that could not be taken from them by a governing body. In exploring the writings of Aristotle we find that the Declaration of Independence most certainly does contain the essence of what Aristotle wrote in the year 350 B.C.E."

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