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John Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government that man, in the state of nature are in “a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the laws of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.” In other words, all men are equal and independent. St. Thomas Aquinas, on the other hand, believes that all men are equal, but far from independent. He states that all men, being persons, are not complete without another person, and therefore man is naturally social. How do these differin