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