Bodin stressed the independence of the kings of France whereas the English author Thomas Hobbes emphasized the rights of the sovereign power of the state over all members of the common polity. State power which he called Leviathan must be released from all kinds of legal ties. ... John Lock is the author who took positions opposed to the approach taken by Thomas Hobbes. ...

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