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Jean Bodin

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Angers, France

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History, Politics, Occult

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Jean Bodin (1530–1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris and professor of law in Toulouse. He is best known for his theory of sovereignty; he was also an influential writer on demonology.
Bodin lived during the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation and wrote against the background of religious conflict in France. He remained a nominal Catholic throughout his life but was critical of papal authority over governments, favouring the strong central control of a national monarchy as an antidote to factional strife. Toward the end of his life he wrote, but did not publish, a dialogue among different religions, including representatives of Judaism, Islam and natural theology, in which all agreed to co ...more

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	On Sovereignty: Four Chapters from The Six Books of the Commonwealth by Jean Bodin, Julian H. Franklin (Editor) 3.51 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1576 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Demon-Mania of Witches (Renaissance and Reformation Texts in Translation, No. 7) 3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1580 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les six livres de la République by Jean Bodin, Gérard Mairet 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1576 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Sovereignty: Six Books of the Commonwealth 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1576 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean Bodin, Los seis libros de la República. Selección, traducción y estudio preliminar de Pedro Bravo Gala by Jean Bodin, Pedro Bravo Gala (Traductor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1576	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Response to the Paradoxes of Malestroit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1568 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colloquium Heptaplomeres Volume 1 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colloquium of the Seven About Secrets of the Sublime 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Method for the Easy Comprehension of History liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1566 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“[I]f justice is the end of law, law the work of the prince, and the prince the image of God; then by this reasoning, the law of the prince must be modelled on the law of God.”
― Jean Bodin, On Sovereignty: Four Chapters from The Six Books of the Commonwealth

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“Men of a fat and fertile soil are most commonly effeminate and cowards; whereas contrariwise a barren country make men temperate by necessity, and by consequence careful, vigilant, and industrious.”
― Jean Bodin

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“The best expedient for preserving the state is never to grant a prerogative of sovereignty to any subject, much less a stranger, for it is a stepping stone to sovereignty.”
― Jean Bodin, On Sovereignty: Four Chapters from The Six Books of the Commonwealth

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