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 Any law not rooted in the natural law (justice) is invalid 3 Citizens keep their sovereignty instead of giving it to the government 4 All men are born free, equal, and autonomous 5 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. 6 A constitution unites a nation by providing not just the shape of government but a shared understanding of the purpose of government 7 The best form of government is a mix of monarchy and democracy 8 Argued for tripartite government as the best form 9 Natural law is innate in humans, part of God's design, and cannot be abolished or altered by any government 10 The right to overthrow a destructive government Baron de Montesquieu Thomas Hobbes Plato Niccolo Machiavelli Jean Jacques Rousseau Aristotle Cicero Thomas Aquinas John Locke David Hume