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The Prince separated political analysis from moral instruction.

Leviathan founded the modern theory of sovereignty and the social contract.

Cogito ergo sum and coordinate geometry.

Probability theory, hydrostatics, and a mechanical calculator at nineteen.

Consent, property and toleration — the template for liberal constitutions.

Ethics identified God with Nature and grounded secular democratic thought.

Calculus notation we still use, and binary arithmetic.

Weaponised satire for tolerance and free expression.