... Originating in Europe, the divine-right theory can be traced to the medieval conception of God's award of temporal power to the political ruler. Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and for many years a tutor in the Cavendish family. Hobbes took great interest in mathematics, physics, and the contemporary rationalism. In 1640, after his political writings had brought him into disfavor with the ... thorough materialism offended the churchmen, so that in 1651 he felt impelled to return to England, where he was able to live peacefully and write his political manuscripts. In the Leviatha...

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