When1: 1796
When2: 1830
Who: Henri Benjamin Constant de Rebecque [Rebecque, Henri Benjamin Constant de]
What: political scientist
Where: Paris, France
works\ On the force of actual government and necessity of its unity [1796]; On political reactions [1796]; On the spirit of conquest and usurpation on their trusting relationships with European civilization [1813]; Adolphe [1815: novel]; On religion considered in its sources, forms, and developments [1825 to 1831: five volumes]
Detail: He lived 1767 to 1830. He opposed social-contract ideas of Rousseau. He advocated privacy, individual rights, freedom to gain property, democracy by representatives, and limited powers for government parts. Diversity and autonomy require private life.
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