{"product_id":"patriarcha-robert-filmer-9781922602169","title":"Patriarcha: The Complete Political Works - Imperium Press","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Filmer is the greatest proponent of the divine right of kings the English-speaking world has ever produced. Writing in defence of the Stuart kings against an increasingly strident parliament, he shows by arguments from reason, history, and scripture that the sovereign is necessarily a king, whether in name or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Filmer's importance is much broader than the question of sovereignty. His patriarchalism shows that legitimacy can only derive from earlier legitimacy and ultimately from the divine, offering a powerful counter-revolutionary philosophical framework with fatal implications for democracy and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econstitutionalism. Small wonder that liberals felt it necessary to respond to him, and in the introduction to this volume, it is shown that his most famous critic-John Locke-never successfully refuted him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Filmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922602167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922602169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperium Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d","brand":"Robert Filmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051547160831,"sku":"9781922602169","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d08d3f39-29ff-4cf2-8a80-08a4164e07d2.jpg?v=1685013745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patriarcha-robert-filmer-9781922602169","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}