Jefferson read Locke and put his thinking in the Declaration .
Hobbes, Locke Rousseau
Yes, Thomas Hobbes is credited with developing the social contract theory in his work "Leviathan," published in 1651.
Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a philosopher who wrote about the social contract theory in his work "The Social Contract" (1762).
There were three men who are historically linked to social contract theory. They are Thomas Hobbes, john Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Both Hobbes and Locke were Englishmen.
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
Thomas hobbes believed that it was human nature to be greedy and that we were to follow to rules given to us by our higher powers. He did not believe in the rights given to us from the idea of the social contract.
Social Contract
protect the lives of everyone who agrees to the contract
only the sovereign is capable of protecting people from the state of nature