POL215

Machiavelli's political
thought freed Kings from
the shackles of

The most defining element
of an ideal state in Aristotle
is ____

Another name for the Greek
city states is

The first political thinker to
insist that man has no
supernatural end is ___

The principle that men
collectively or individually
should not interfere with the
liberty of action of anyone
except for self protection is
known as
principle

is the Latin word that
expresses the power of the
Roman king

A government
characterised by honour
and ambition is regarded as
by Plato

Aquinas maintained that the
main purpose of man on
earth is the attainment of
___

Political thought is regarded
as disciplined investigation
of political
that have interested
philosophers over the ages

In the greater state of
Seneca, the commonwealth
is bound by morals and
instead of laws

Marx holds that it is under
communism that the
highest stage of
will emerge

___ is the propounder of
harm principle

held that an individual who
can live by himself alone,
outside the polis, is either a
beast or a god

In political thought
philosophers are not only
concerned with objective
realities of a political
system but also what
should constitute the ____
state

In the philosophy of Hobbes
man is essentially ___

Both Rousseau and
Hobbes recognised ___ as
the highest law in the state
of nature

Machiavelli's famous book
that swept aside all moral
considerations for rulers is
known as ___

The presence of ___ is the
most distinguishing factor
between the state and other
associations in the political
thought of Jean Bodin

s the author of the City of
God

Hobbes' social contract is
an agreement between the
subject and ___

The saying that the end
justifies the means is
derived from whose political
philosophy?

The enlightenment
philosophers placed so
much on the power of
to free man from
oppressive political and
religious systems

The principle of check and
balances among levels of
government was introduced
by

The theory that kings
derived their rights to rule
directly from God is known
as

A theory of action
developed by Bentham is
known as ____

Unless the state is a
community for ethical
purposes it is nothing more
than a highway robbery on
large scale, is a view
attributed to ___

Which of these is not
among the factors that
influenced man into
entering contract with his
fellows in Hobbes'
philosophy?

In Aristophanes' political
thought, democracy should
be replaced with

man is born free, but is
everywhere in chains, is a
saying attributed to

Marsilio held that in addition
to its truth, religion has
consequences

Marx borrowed the idea of
dialectics from

____, according to Locke,
teaches all mankind that no
one ought to harm another
in his life, health, liberty or
possessions

The rule of the best
members of society is
known as

___ is regarded as the
founder of Stoicism

held that man is a citizen of
two cities

Which of these is not
among the types of
commonwealth in which the
leviethan can operate
according to Hobbes?

Marx advocated the
transfer of ownership of
means of production to

fled the city of Athens to
escape murder and prevent
Athens from committing its
second sin against
philosophy

The dominant socio-political
and economic system in the
middle ages is

The era of
insisted that all
ecclesiastical authorities
must be under civil
authorities

To qualify as leader, Plato
holds that the philosopher
king must be educated until
he or she at least attains
the age of

Aquianas' name for the type
of law which is a reflection
of divine wisdom in created
things is ____

The only condition for
peace in the
commonwealth as
advocated by Hobbes is for
all to surrender their powers
and rights to ____

In Aquianas political
thought, is a devout
Christian bound to obey the
orders of a pagan ruler

According to Aristotle, the
state has its organic origin
in the

Aristotle held that the state
was originally formed to
satisfy ____

is said to be the first to
discuss politics and society
without any recourse to
ethics and jurisprudence

contemplated an ideal state
where women rather than
men would be leaders

Which of these is not
among the basic rights of
individuals in John Locke?

The constitution which
governs the stoics' world
state is