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which statement about thomas hobbes and john locke is not correct?
thomas hobbes argued that because the \general will\ of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will
john locke argued that humans had natural rights that included \life, liberty, and property\
thomas hobbes argued that life in the state of nature was \solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short\
both john locke and thomas hobbes wrote about the social contract that they imagined forming the first governments
The idea of the "general will" was a concept of Jean - Jacques Rousseau, not Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes believed in a strong sovereign to maintain order. John Locke did argue for natural rights of life, liberty, and property. Hobbes described the state of nature as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short", and both Locke and Hobbes wrote about social contracts.
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Thomas Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will