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Who believed that individuals should give up some of their freedoms for the benefit of the community as whole?

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The idea that individuals should give up some of their freedoms for the benefit of the community as whole was that of many Enlightenment thinkers, however one of the most prominent proponents of this idea was John Locke. 

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