MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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John Locke
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Rousseau
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Montesquieu
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Voltaire
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Locke was inspired by the humanistic and enlightened viewpoint that all humans are equal. So he refuted the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch in his book ‘Two Treatises of Government ’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete Answer:-John Locke was the one who refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right because he was motivated by the humanistic and elucidated viewpoint that all humans are equal.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Doctrine of Divine and Absolute Right means that the King is the super power and only god can judge an unjust king. Thus the Monarch can’t be subjected to the will of commoners or even the Church. Locke refuted the above.
Detailed explanation-4: -In political theory, or political philosophy, John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.