Thomas Hobbes was born in Westport England. He was educated at Oxford University, and served as secretary to Sir Francis Bacon and as a tutor to William Cavendish, who later became Earl of Devonshire. While tutoring Cavendish, who later became Earl of Devonshire he traveled widely and came into contact with many European philosophers and scientists. This gave him great insight to many different views on government and the state. Hobbes believed in an “atomistic” …showed first 75 words of 921 total…

…showed last 75 words of 921 total…the other two. Hobbes and Lock had many of the same ideas but where Lock disagreed with Hobbes it was that Hobbes thought that government was necessary to control the basic nature of man, Lock felt that it was necessary for the preservation of property. On the other hand Mill believed in the higher order of the human spirit and thought that man should be allowed the freedom to become all that he can be.