Robert Filmer

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Robert Filmer
Filmer c. 1650
Born	c. 1588 (1588) East Sutton, Kent, England
Died	26 May 1653(1653-05-26) (aged 64–65)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Era	17th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Main interests	Political philosophy
Notable ideas	Divine right of kings Family as a model for the state

Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588 – 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 attempts at rebuttal, including Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government, 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.