Robert Filmer
Sir Robert Filmer was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, Patriarcha, published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal, including Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government, James Tyrrell's Patriarcha Non Monarcha and John Locke's Two Treatises of Government. Filmer also wrote critiques of Thomas Hobbes, John Milton, Hugo Grotius and Aristotle.
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- Born in
- Kent
- Educated at
- Trinity College
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Trending topics shown first"To majesty or sovereignty belongeth an absolute power not subject to any law."
"...the prince is not subject to his law, nor to the laws of his predecessors, but well to his own just and reasonable conventions."
"In a well-ordered state, the sovereign power must remain in one only, without communicating any part thereof unto the state . Wise politicians, philosophers, divines and historiographers, have highly …"
"I come now to examine that argument which is used by Bellarmine, and is the one and only argument I can find produced by my author for the proof of the natural liberty of the people. It is thus framed…"
"The three sons of Noah had the whole world divided amongst them by their Father; for of them was the whole world overspread, according to the benediction given to him and his sons: "Be fruitful and mu…"
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1588
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