Filmer, Robert(C. 1588–1653)
Robert Filmer, the English political writer and theorist of the divine right of kings, was an early expositor of the patriarchal account of the state and of society...
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While the life and writings of Sir Robert Filmer may be less familiar to students of seventeenth-century prose than those of his literary and political opponents, his literary career as a defender of ...
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The English political theorist Sir Robert Filmer (died 1653) was influential in the development of English conservative thought. His treatises formed the basis for a royalist or Tory theory of kingshi...
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Filmer, Robert (C. 1588-1653)
Robert Filmer
Robert Filmer, Sir