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According to the cynics, the most important of all human concerns is ___
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The idea that progress in arts and sciences has led to idleness, inequality and luxury was promoted by
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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 ___
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___ brought about the fall of men in Seneca's golden age
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man is born free, but is everywhere in chains, is a saying attributed to
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In Jean Bodin, citizenship is due mainly to ___
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s the author of Two Treatises of Government
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Cicero holds the as the greatest good of the state
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The Leviathan was written to promote political ___
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Machiavelli's political thought freed Kings from the shackles of
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In Aristotle's ideal state which category f people should not be granted citizenship
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held that man is a citizen of two cities
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The men in Locke's state of nature exist in condition of total ___
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Machiavelli's famous book that swept aside all moral considerations for rulers is known as ___
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The era of insisted that all ecclesiastical authorities must be under civil authorities
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Hobbes defines as the mortal god to which we owe our peace and defence under the immortal God
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The city state, according to Plato and Aristotle, is characterised by
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Marriage and ownership of property is the sole preserve of ___ in Plato's ideal state
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The medieval political system saw the joint exercise of political power between the emperor and the ___
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Aristotle's Politics studied the constitution of over constitutions
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John Locke's works are noted for their strong aversion to
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fled the city of Athens to escape murder and prevent Athens from committing its second sin against philosophy
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A theory of action developed by Bentham is known as ____
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J. S. Mill's hope of forestalling the tyranny of the majority lies in ___
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Rousseau's book on the education of the citizens women should be trained to be ___ and ___
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The constitution which governs the stoics' world state is
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According to Epicureans the wise man should avoid except when compelled by circumstances
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Marx advocated the transfer of ownership of means of production to
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According to Jeremy Bentham, man's two sovereign masters are ___ and ___
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The state of nature in Hobbes is state in perpetual ___
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The theory that our social status, either as slaves or as nobility, was neither a product of nature nor the gods, was first promoted in the Greek society by the ____
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According to early Greek writers, the corruption of democracy leads to __
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Hegel considers as the actuality of concrete freedom
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In the communist society, distribution of surplus will be based on everyone according to
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Historical idealism is to Hegel as ___ is to Marx
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The debate concerning the dual recognition authority of the church and that of the state is famously regarded as
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Cicero defined true law as right reason in agreement with
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is reputed as the teacher of Aristotle
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Despite his possession of absolute power, the Roman king was bound to gover his state on the advise of __
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In the Hobbessian commonwealth, the leviethan is not a party to the
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The rule of the best members of society is known as
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The enlightenement advocate of utilitarianism is known as
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Machiavelli pioneered the application of method in the study of politics
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According to Aquinas, another name for divine law is ___
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Aristotle viewed slaves as piece of live
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Hobbe's sovereign is essentially ___ in exercise of his authority
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For Plato, the ideal state must be built on
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held that an individual who can live by himself alone, outside the polis, is either a beast or a god
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In Locke's political thought, all men are God's ____
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The principle of check and balances among levels of government was introduced by
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The only condition for peace in the commonwealth as advocated by Hobbes is for all to surrender their powers and rights to ____
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Hobbes' the Leviathan was a ___account of human nature and knowledge
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Complete this saying of J. S. Mill “over himself, his body and mind, the individual is ___"
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In Hegel's political thought, the individual actualises his material and spiritual needs in the __
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According to Marsilio's two good lives, the first good life consists of proper study of
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According to Cicero, all men are equal because they possess
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Marx effectively argued that the injustice of the capitalists consists in ____
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The first political thinker to insist that man has no supernatural end is ___
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In Aristophanes' political thought, democracy should be replaced with
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Karl Marx attributes the emergence of state to emergence of ____
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To qualify as leader, Plato holds that the philosopher king must be educated until he or she at least attains the age of
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s the author of the City of God
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____, according to Locke, teaches all mankind that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions
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In Plato's political thought, which of these is not among the three classes of people in the state?
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is said to be the first to discuss politics and society without any recourse to ethics and jurisprudence
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According to Machiavelli the good ruler must possess the character of an animal called
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The conflict between the private and public interest, according to Hegel is resolved by the
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The dominant socio-political and economic system in the middle ages is
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Aquinas maintained that the main purpose of man on earth is the attainment of ___
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Aquianas regarded as having supremacy over the state
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A government characterised by honour and ambition is regarded as by Plato
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Seneca conceived the greater state which all humans belong to as
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Political thought is regarded as disciplined investigation of political that have interested philosophers over the ages
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The citizens of the world state of the stoics consist of __ and ___
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In Hobbes' state of nature man is governed by ___
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In the philosophy of Karl Marx, interest determines human values
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Rousseau believed that the first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, “This is mine,” and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of
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Marx borrowed the idea of dialectics from
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Rousseau believed that the natural man is naturally ___
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Cicero regarded __ and ___ as the inherent qualities of law
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According to the epicureans, the natural guiding principle of all men is
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is the Latin word that expresses the power of the Roman king
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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
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The most defining element of an ideal state in Aristotle is ____
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As a young student, Marx embraced ___ which greatly influenced his future writings
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The Hobbessian law is basically a ____
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Marsilio held that in addition to its truth, religion has consequences
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Is the sovereign in Jean Bodin accountable to his subjects
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In the philosophy of Hobbes man is essentially ___
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Jean Bodin's idea of property includes, father, mother, children, servants and
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In the greater state of Seneca, the commonwealth is bound by morals and instead of laws
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In Socrates' philosophy, knowledge is equated with
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According to Karl Marx, obedience to the state is absurd. Therefore, the state should be overthrown through a
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In Aquianas political thought, is a devout Christian bound to obey the orders of a pagan ruler
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Happiness is defined by as the avoidance of pains, worry and axiety
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Aristotle held that the state was originally formed to satisfy ____
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The major characteristic of the soldier in Plato's ideal state is ____
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Aristophanes is famous for defending the ____ nature of Greek society
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contemplated an ideal state where women rather than men would be leaders
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The theory that kings derived their rights to rule directly from God is known as
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The reformation author of the Leviathan is
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The chief end or purpose of man on earth, according to Locke is ___
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Which of these is not among the subjects to which the ruler in Plato's ideal state must be exposed to?
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The ultimate rulers in Plato's political thought are the ___
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Hobbes belief in absolute monarchy led him to self imposed in Holland when parliamentary authority was established in England
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Marx holds that the state exists to protect the interest of the ____ class
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The school where Plato taught his political and other theories is known as the__________
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Which of these is not among the fathers of the church?
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Aquianas' name for the type of law which is a reflection of divine wisdom in created things is ____
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Code Napoleon ephasised that the state should not encroach on the individual of the citizens
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___ is regarded as the founder of Stoicism
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The practice of land ownership held in fief by serfs is called ____
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Epicureans believe that the do not care about men and do not interfer either for good or bad in their affairs
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Which of these is not among the types of commonwealth in which the leviethan can operate according to Hobbes?
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In political thought philosophers are not only concerned with objective realities of a political system but also what should constitute the ____ state
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Politics was defined by Aristotle as extension of
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The saying that the end justifies the means is derived from whose political philosophy?
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tyranny rather than political tyranny, in the view of J. S. Mill poses more challenge to modern nations
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Which of these is not a thinker of the enlightenment?
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Jean Bodin held that for the power kings to remain unquestioned his rules must conform to ____
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The defining element of capitalist labour, according to Marx, is that it engenders ___
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Political thought establishes the ____ upon which states and their machineries can be objectively assessed
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Do the individuals in Hobbes' commonwealth possess the right to rebel against their ruler?
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is the sophist who first regarded all laws as social conventions rather than natural
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Which of these is not among the powers of the sovereign as ascribed to by Jean Bodin?
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The enlightenment philosophers placed so much on the power of to free man from oppressive political and religious systems
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Aristotle considered the pursuit of ___ as the end or purose of state
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Which of these is not among the factors that influenced man into entering contract with his fellows in Hobbes' philosophy?
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revolution resulted in the transfer of power from the king to the parliament
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Which of these is not among the basic rights of individuals in John Locke?
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Both Rousseau and Hobbes recognised ___ as the highest law in the state of nature
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The soldiers in Plato's state corresponds with part of the human body
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A bad form of government where property and wealth determine who rules is ___
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held that political carrer has nothing good to offer the good man but will rather extinguish his goodness
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___ is the propounder of harm principle
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Which of these is not among the best form of government acoording to Aristotle?
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Another name for the Greek city states is
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According to Rousseau, the real and only man of virtue is the
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According to Bodin, the state is distinguished from band of robbers only on the fact that it exercises ____
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Rousseau political thought emphasised the primacy of the ____ in determining political authority
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The presence of ___ is the most distinguishing factor between the state and other associations in the political thought of Jean Bodin
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____ is refered as the father of comparative politics
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Marx holds that it is under communism that the highest stage of will emerge
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According to Aristotle, the state has its organic origin in the
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The author of Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is
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Western political thought is said to have its origin in _____
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According to Cicero, the law that governs other laws is known as the
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The theory that securing the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people is the duty of government is known as ___
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Aristotle regards as the highest form of government
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Hobbes' social contract is an agreement between the subject and ___
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