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This dimension names the thinker credited with originating a political concept. Wikipedia traces political thought to "seminal works such as Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics, Confucius's political manuscripts and Chanakya's Arthashastra," each work tied to one named originator. Browsing this way collects every concept traced back to the same thinker.

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Era of Emergence
1651 1
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1. Leviathan (Hobbes book) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLeviathan (Hobbes book), lead section
Quote, Leviathan (Hobbes book), lead section
Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a work of social and political theory by the English empiricist philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668).
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