8. The Doctrine of the Social Contract
The humanists and the doctrine of the social contract, man as the measure of things
The origin of the doctrine of natural rights
The natural rights of the cynics and stoics till Zeno
Natural right and Absolutism, the time of the social Utopias
Thomas More and Francois Rabelais
The monarchomachi languet's vindiciae contra tyrannos
The Dutch Protective League
Jesuitism and temporal power
Francisco Suarez and the …