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How did Hobbes's views differ from Locke's

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More optimistic

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Locke's view of human nature differs from Hobbes's in being more optimistic. Locke viewed the newborn human as a tabula rasa, or blank slate, that could be molded and educated into either virtue or vice. Hobbes, in contrast, saw human nature as inherently barbaric and in need of a strong governing hand

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