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political and religious controversies. They did not prevent the ninety-year-old Hobbes from completing his English translation of the works of Homer. Hobbes's first systematic statement of a political philosophy, Elements of Law, Natural and Politic (1640), relies heavily upon the conception of natural law that had dominated the tradition from Aquinawhose omnipotence and greatness are published anew every day. The Social Contract, on the text that all men are born free and equal, regards the State as a contract in which individuals surrender none of their natural rights, but rather agree for the protection of them. Most remarkable in this projected republic was the provision to banish aliens to the state religion and to punish dissenters with death. The Social Contract became the tewhose omnipotence and greatness are published anew every day.
Approximate Word count = 484
Approximate Pages = 1.9
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