Political Science · Western Political Thought
Arrange the following thinkers in the order in which they lived (earliest first).
- 1. Jeremy Bentham
- 2. Thomas Hobbes
- 3. Machiavelli
- 4. J.S. Mill
A3, 2, 1, 4 ✓ Correct
B3, 1, 2, 4
C1, 3, 4, 2
D3, 2, 4, 1
Correct answer: (A) 3, 2, 1, 4 — The correct order by lifetime is 3, 2, 1, 4.
Explanation
★The correct order by lifetime is 3, 2, 1, 4.
★Machiavelli lived earliest, from 1469 to 1527, in Renaissance Italy.
★Thomas Hobbes came next, from 1588 to 1679, during the English civil war era.
★Jeremy Bentham followed, from 1748 to 1832, founding classical utilitarianism.
★J.S. Mill came last, from 1806 to 1873, refining and humanising utilitarian liberalism.
★So the sequence runs Machiavelli, Hobbes, Bentham, then Mill.
★Placing each thinker in his century is the key to arranging them.
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