The Road to Revolution Nasty, brutish, and short! Ah, the noble savage! I should write that Down! Life, Liberty, and Property!

The Road to Revolution

Nasty,brutish,

andshort!

Ah, the noble savage!

I shouldwrite thatDown!

Life, Liberty, and Property!

"...hard to define, being one of those popular movements which have no obvious beginning or end, no pitched battles or legal victories with

specific dates, no constitutions or formal leaders, no easily quantifiable statistics and no formal set of beliefs." – Paul Johnson, historian

Hey! Wait a minute!

Bousset

All Enlightenment thinkers discard:

They start thinking about government byImagining what life was like in a:

It’s the state of nature!I do what I want! Whateva! Whateva!

Differing attitudes about the state of nature lead to different conclusions about government:

But all three great Enlightenment philosophers agree on the:

Hobbes and Locke diverge in how government should accomplishThe role of government:

Consent is the BASIS of government

Trinity of Rights

Tyranny

Right to rebel

EmotionalismReason

Give me libertyor

give me death!