... as to why Locke's Theory seems to embrace and accommodate the most "relevant" or convincing view of the reason for the origin and continued existence of society as we experience it in our time. Does the naturalness of living in an existing state humanise us? Have we perhaps been dehumanised or been our own downfall by virtue of constraint by "leaving" what we formerly "knew" as the natural state? These, and further questions, shall provide us with sufficient momentum to ultimately embark upon the journey of exploring contrasting theories, delineated by Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau respectively, in discovering the hypothetical foundation of society, as well as self-reflection. CHAPTER TWO Exposition In this section, a compartmentalized exploration into the reasons advanced by Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau respectively, with regard to the movement from a state of nature to a form of civil society is undertaken. a) Thomas Hobbes' Paranoid Need for the Sovereign Hobbes' ...

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