Political Philosophy

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This paper explains that the Athenian philosopher-dramatist Plato, especially writing in his "Republic" has had a profound and lasting influence upon Western intellectual tradition by setting a stage for discourse by such notables as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. The author points out that John Locke's "Concerning Human Understanding" was the blueprint for the English Revolution of 1688. The paper relates that the collapse and fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a striking example of what precisely Rousseau is teaching in his "The Social Contract".

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Thesis Statement
Plato and his Republic
The Works of Thomas Hobbes
The Works of John Locke
The Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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"The consensus then concerning the works of Hobbes as they compare and contrast with our other two authors Locke and Rousseau becomes clear. Hobbes was a confirmed "Monarchist," and that he felt that the "Divine Right of Kings," supersedes the relationships between God and man, or humankind to be more politically correct. Furthermore, he avers to being an atheist with no fear of God but in the privacy of his surroundings did indeed accept the rituals of the English Church."

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