Not surprisingly, these changes were predominantly religious and political, as we shall see. ... Ultimately, the intellectual origins of the conflict were about power, or more aptly, about the struggle for power. ... The trick was that there were limitations on the King's power. ... Over the century, every British monarch would add to this reduced inheritance. ... In this sense, the Revolution did help to begin turning the wheels - politically and socially - towards "modernity". ...

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When he was in Paris, he published De Cive, his first major study on politics, and wrote Leviathan, published in 1651. ... He preferred to use geometry and shapes as the basis of materialism so as to explain his social and political principles. ... He means, provided that the state is formed by all people under one monarch, it is as powerful as Leviathan and it cannot be destroyed by enemies and it brings peace to all people in the country. ... The main argument of Leviathan is that the sovereign must have great power, like Leviathan, to preserve the peace. ... Thomas Hobbes is against separ...

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Some may not seem fair while other may seem to give to much power to the people. ... Jacques-Benigne Bossuet was a true supporter of "Divine Right," or that monarchs derive their right to rule from God and are accountable only to God (The American Heritage Dictionary of English Language). ... Embittered by this and compelled by the great love of his life-politics-he wrote The Prince. (Spielvogel, 234) The Prince's main points were the acquisition, maintenance, and expression of political power as means to restore and maintain order in his time. ... Pericles gave his people all the pow...

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