Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... Scriptures , the constant practice of all ancient monarchies , and the very principles of the law of nature . It is hard to say whether it be more erroneous in divinity or dangerous in policy . Yet upon the ground of this doctrine ...
... Scriptures , the constant practice of all ancient monarchies , and the very principles of the law of nature . It is hard to say whether it be more erroneous in divinity or dangerous in policy . Yet upon the ground of this doctrine ...
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... Scripture ; but God hath given it to no particular person , because by nature all men are equal ; therefore he hath given power to the people or multitude . To answer this reason , drawn from the equality of man- kind by nature , I will ...
... Scripture ; but God hath given it to no particular person , because by nature all men are equal ; therefore he hath given power to the people or multitude . To answer this reason , drawn from the equality of man- kind by nature , I will ...
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... Scripture , it appears little less than a paradox which Bellarmine and others affirm of the freedom of the multitude , to choose what rulers they please . Had the patriarchs their power given them by their own children ? Bellarmine does ...
... Scripture , it appears little less than a paradox which Bellarmine and others affirm of the freedom of the multitude , to choose what rulers they please . Had the patriarchs their power given them by their own children ? Bellarmine does ...
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... Scripture , and lays this foundation of government . " The first society ( saith he ) , made of many houses is a village , which seems most naturally to be a colony of families or foster - brethren of children and children's children ...
... Scripture , and lays this foundation of government . " The first society ( saith he ) , made of many houses is a village , which seems most naturally to be a colony of families or foster - brethren of children and children's children ...
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... Scripture . " Hitherto Suarez . Whereas he makes Adam to have a fatherly power over his sons , and yet shuts up this power within one family , he seems either to imagine that all Adam's children lived within one house and under one roof ...
... Scripture . " Hitherto Suarez . Whereas he makes Adam to have a fatherly power over his sons , and yet shuts up this power within one family , he seems either to imagine that all Adam's children lived within one house and under one roof ...
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