Hobbes Locke And Rousseau’s Theory Of The State Of Nature And Contemporary Value

On the modern western political ideology, enlightenment scholars Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau are typical representative of the doctrine of the state of nature. Natural State Theory,mainly about in society or country in the past, some thinkers belief in the original position. The enlightenment period, the state of nature doctrine theory dividing line. About the state of nature,in the eyes of Hobbes, is the general state of war; In Locke’s eyes, it is in perfect shape of the free state; And in the eyes of Rousseau, the golden age of is good. Natural state theory is deduced about how to get rid of the theory of the state of nature, influence on modem western countries to establish and perfect the process of its political system, is also driving the enlightenment towards deeper and wider field spread and development.This time’s Theory on the State of Nature, the foundation is to Hobbes, on the basis of this the rock made the different descriptions, and by the French scholar Rousseau as the theory has a big division, the three enlightenment thinker’s theory of the state of nature there are many similarities. But because of the assumption about human nature and among Different, three kinds of essential characteristics of different "natural state", out of the "natural state", creates the three of them on the surface of the doctrine of the state of nature has more differences. This paper introduces three specific description of "natural state", analyzing and comparing three nature of the doctrine of Similarities and Differences, to contemporary to better known as the enlightenment period of the doctrine of the state of nature development, and on this basis, can make us better understand the theory of the state of nature, and to study its democratic government construction and development of contemporary Chinese rule of law brings positive effect.