Political Science · Political Theory
Which is Not correctly matched (concept of the state of nature and thinker)?
AState of nature: Locke
BPre-social but political: Hobbes ✓ Correct
CPre-social and pre-political: Rousseau
DNoble savage: Rousseau
Correct answer: (B) Pre-social but political: Hobbes — The mismatched pair is pre-social but political with Hobbes.
Explanation
★The mismatched pair is pre-social but political with Hobbes.
★Locke's state of nature is social but pre-political.
★Hobbes' state of nature is pre-social and pre-political, a war of all against all.
★Rousseau's natural human is the noble savage.
★The noble savage lives a simple, peaceful and pre-political life.
★So the Hobbes pairing here is not correctly matched.
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