Both lived long lives and saw many things that influenced their philosophies. John Locke believed that people had the ability to choose whether to be good or bad. There will never be someone powerful enough to control every action a person takes, even with power a person's actions boil down to a person's internal morals and their ability to understand what actions are considered right. Thomas Hobbes will always have the philosophy of believing that people are born evil and that no good will come to a person in the state of nature without rules and a ruler. For some, this may be the way to keep a company alive, but others may disagree. What we know is that these two philosophies will live on