Locke, Rousseau and Hobbes

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This paper discusses the historical evidence of democracy in America as a prime example of the philosophical treatises of Rousseau and Locke, and the supposed fruition of their cause. However, the ideology of a government that would rule for the great good of the people is not realistic, nor has been proven to self-evident. This paper provides examples of how Locke attempted to give more sovereignty for land to the lower classes and the inability of American elites to help evenly distribute the land for the greater good.

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"In this political analysis of western civilization, the premise of democracy has been an arguably difficult subject to display as a self-evident form of government. In the many treaties written by such philosophers as John Locke and Hobbes, one can realize the problems associated with realistically governing through the will of the people. Although the United States Constitution reveals an eventual realization of the principles that Locke, Rousseau and Hobbes discuss in their ideas of government, democracy is not truly a self-evident form of governing."

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