POL 2108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, Tyrant
23 Feb 2019
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Father involved in original rebellion against monarchy / charles i. Cromwell into power, but then monarchy restored. More involved in politics than hobbes because worked for earl of shaftesbury (important political figure) Was also the earl"s doctor along with being political advisor, performed surgery that saved his life. Locke and shaftesbury hide until things are cool again, shaftesbury returns to power. Locke flees again to holland when tory returns, writes essay concerning human understanding, returns just after glorious revolution. Focuses on individual, primary factual unit of politics and political theory. Rejects hobbes" defenses of sovereign as absolute power. Locke about defending limit on power of government. Way in which hobbes and locke present arguments is similar. Both start from individual in state of nature and try to deduce laws for the individual from state of nature. For locke, individual in state of nature = someone interested in prudence. Birth of seeing human beings in economic way.
