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  • Thomas Hobbes is regarded as one of the greatest political thinkers in the Western tradition for his contribution to the development of the concepts of political obligation and state sovereignty. His theory is often associated with absolutism in domestic politics and with realism in international relations. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Hobbes, Thomas (1588–1679)]

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