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Johannes Althusius (1557-1638) has been called “the most
profound political thinker between Bodin and Hobbes.” By the 18th century, however, he rated only a few lines in Bayle’s historical dictionary: “Althusius, German jurisconsult, famous at the end of the 16th century. He wrote a book on politics. Several other jurisconsults opposed him, because he argued that the sovereignty of the state belonged to the people…