Relacionar Columnas Modern Political PhilosophyVersión en línea Matching a philosopher with his ideas por Kristin Morgan (Teacher - Social Studies) 1 Republics must be responsive to the changing needs of the citizens 2 A constitution unites a nation by providing not just the shape of government but a shared understanding of the purpose of government 3 The best form of government is a mix of monarchy and democracy 4 Argued for tripartite government as the best form 5 The right to overthrow a destructive government 6 Citizens keep their sovereignty instead of giving it to the government 7 Natural law is innate in humans, part of God's design, and cannot be abolished or altered by any government 8 Permanent factions (like political parties) lead to revolutions and civil wars when members put the good of the faction ahead of the good of the nation. 9 All men are born free, equal, and autonomous 10 Any law not rooted in the natural law (justice) is invalid Cicero Niccolo Machiavelli Jean Jacques Rousseau Baron de Montesquieu John Locke Plato David Hume Aristotle Thomas Hobbes Thomas Aquinas