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Which of the following most inspired the inclusion in the Declaration of Independence of the right of the people to revolt against a tyrannical government?

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for plato users the answer is Locke's Second Treatise


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Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "the Enlightenment philosopher John Locke," since he was very much a proponent of popular sovereignty and the social contract.
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