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{{short description|English political theorist ((c. 1588β1653)}} {{other people}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2007}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = [[Western philosophy]] |era = [[17th-century philosophy]] |image = Robert Filmer Portrait.jpg |caption = Filmer {{circa|1650}} |name = Sir Robert Filmer |birth_date = {{circa|{{birth date text|1588}}}} |birth_place = [[East Sutton, Kent]], England |death_date = {{Death date and age|1653|5|26|1588|df=y}} |death_place = |alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] |school_tradition = |main_interests = [[Political philosophy]] |notable_ideas = [[Divine right of kings]]<br>[[Family as a model for the state]] }} '''Sir Robert Filmer''' (c. 1588 β 26 May 1653) was an English [[political theorist]] who defended the [[divine right of kings]]. His best known work, ''[[Patriarcha]]'', published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]] attempts at rebuttal, including [[Algernon Sidney]]'s ''[[Discourses Concerning Government]]'', [[James Tyrrell (writer)|James Tyrrell]]'s ''Patriarcha Non Monarcha'' and [[John Locke]]'s ''[[Two Treatises of Government]]''. Filmer also wrote critiques of [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[John Milton]], [[Hugo Grotius]] and [[Aristotle]].
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