1576
1576: Jean Bodin publishes Six Books of a Commonwealth, warning that absolute power creates “domestic enemies.” His political theory argued that the existenc…
1576: Jean Bodin publishes Six Books of a Commonwealth, warning that absolute power creates “domestic enemies.” His political theory argued that the existence of slavery inherently threatened the stability of the state.
Source · p. 44
Ghachem, The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution, 44