3. Jacques BOSSUET Thomas HOBBES John LOCKE Divine Right ABSOLUTISM Philosophical ABSOLUTISM Philosophical & Biblical CONSTITUTIONALISM

4. Jacques BOSSUET Thomas HOBBES John LOCKE Divine Right ABSOLUTISM Philosophical ABSOLUTISM Philosophical & Biblical CONSTITUTIONALISM

6. 1. What is the origin of government? 2. How much authority should the state have over the individual?

7. T HOMAS H OBBES Leviathan (1651) Defense of Philosophical Absolutism

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11. S TATE OF W AR

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17. BEHOLD, THE HOPE OF HIM IS IN VAIN: SHALL NOT ONE BE CAST DOWN EVEN AT THE SIGHT OF HIM? NONE IS SO FIERCE THAT DARE STIR HIM UP: WHO THEN IS ABLE TO STAND BEFORE ME?

18. OUT OF HIS MOUTH GO BURNING LAMPS, AND SPARKS OF FIRE LEAP OUT. OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS GOETH SMOKE, AS OUT OF A SEETHING POT OR CALDRON.

19. HIS HEART IS AS FIRM AS A STONE…

20. A ruler should be powerful enough to be beyond challenge.

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25. Hobbes wrote Leviathan in the midst of the English Civil War

26. J OHN L OCKE Tw o Treatises of Government (1689) Defense of Constitutionalism

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29. L IFE L IBERTY P ROPERTY

31. GLORIOUS AND [ALMOST] BLOODLESS REVOLUTION

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33. Question HOBBESLOCKE Agree? The Original State of Humankind Divine Right or Social Contract? State of NATURE SOCIAL Contract COMPARE (How are they similar?)

34. Question HOBBESLOCKE Agree? WHY Government? Where does sovereignty reside? Can a government’s power be limited? Right of REVOLUTION? To Protect us FROM OURSELVES To Protect NATURAL RIGHTS CONTRAST (How do they differ?) The MONARCHThe PEOPLE NOYES NOYES