Political Philosophy

Monarchs have divine rights to rule, to go agents them is to go against God

• Evolution Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Force Theory

The state developed out of the early family; clans and tribes

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Force Theory

• Evolution theory

The state arose from voluntary free people

• Social Contract Theory

• Force Theory

• Evolution Theory

• Divine Theory

The state was born out of force; one person or small group claimed an area out of force and made people follow their rule

• Evolution Theory

• Force Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

“ To become truly great, one has to stand with the people, not above them”

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

"All people have the natural rights, including life, liberty, and property"

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

"Without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short"

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

"No man has any natural authority over his fellow man"

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

"Strength the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience"

• Edward Williams

• John Locke

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Jacques Vidrine