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HoP 409 - One to Rule Them All - Jean Bodin

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Bodan's Theory of Sovereignty

Bodan argues that the sovereign should allow freedom in private worship and avoid coercion. Bodan even wrote a work that dramatizes the possibility of unity across religious divides. For the first time, he defined citizenship in terms of being subject to a certain political authority.

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