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1. Wrote 'The Prince'

2. Believed in two forms of freedom: natural and social

3. A ruler who has power can stay in charge, and being morally good has nothing to do with being powerful

4. Government should protect people's natural rights

5. Separation of powers

6. Believed the best form of government was democracy

7. Believed that a government's purpose is to protect liberty and to help people get along

8. Saw humans as naturally selfish and quick to fight

9. Believed a single ruler should have total authority over the people

10. First to discuss idea of social contract between people and the government

11. Safety can only exist if everyone follows the law

12. Natural rights - life, liberty, property

13. Wrote a book called 'Leviathan'

14. Checks and balances

15. Discusses what it takes for a leader to get power and keep it

16. Created book of law references

17. Talks about concept of the general will

18. Brought idea of realism into discussion of politics - wrote how the world really worked instead of how it could work

19. Before there were governments, people lived in a state of nature (everyone had a right to everything)

20. The end (goal) justifies the means (methods) to keep it

21. Says that people are born with a mind like a tabula rasa (blank slate)

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