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1651 CE: Thomas Hobbes publishes his Leviathan.
1689 CE: John Locke publishes his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Two Treatises on Government, and Letters on Toleration.
1762 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract.
1971 CE: John Rawls publishes his Theory of Justice.