Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, claims that peace and unity can best be achieved by setting up a society by having humans agree to a covenant (Hobbes: Ch.18 pg.548). A sovereign who is in charge of protecting the society or state rules Hobbes’s society. In his introduction, Hobbes describes this commonwealth as an "artificial person" and as a body politic that mimics the human body. Hobbes portrays the state as a gigantic human form …showed first 75 words of 1152 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1152 total…Locke’s state allows the people to overthrown the government if it ceases to protect the people (Locke: Ch.19 §211 pg. 680). Unlike Hobbes claims that the government cannot be overthrown because people would not want to return to a state of nature. Locke differs from Hobbes in that Locke believes that God is a factor in politics. He believes that individuals were born with certain natural rights given not by government or society, but by God.