HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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During the Enlightenment, who called for a social contract?
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Thomas Locke
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Montesquieu
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Thomas Hobbes
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John Lock
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher and scientist, was one of the key figures in the political debates of the Enlightenment period. He introduced a social contract theory based on the relation between the absolute sovereign and the civil society.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, social contract theory is rightly associated with modern moral and political theory and is given its first full exposition and defense by Thomas Hobbes.
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