Hobbs and Locke did NOT influence Thomas Jefferson in the Writing of the Declaration of Independence

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Rudy Washington

21 March, 01:13

Hobbs and Locke did NOT influence Thomas Jefferson in the Writing of the Declaration of Independence

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Sean Henson · Answer 1

Tricky. Locke's ideas were embraced by the founding fathers and Jefferson but Hobbes ideas of supreme government power were rejected. Locke influenced Jefferson, yes but Hobbes was rejected. His ideas found a home in Voltaire and Rousseau however.

In my opinion, the statement is true. Locke had influence, Hobbes did not.

I sincerely apologize if I got it wrong. I did give this some thought.