Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... answer was the Commonwealth . But a Commonwealth sustained by the genius of one man was monarchy . After Cromwell's death , it became clear that the answer to the problem had not yet been found . Stuarts were tried again , and Charles ...
... answer was the Commonwealth . But a Commonwealth sustained by the genius of one man was monarchy . After Cromwell's death , it became clear that the answer to the problem had not yet been found . Stuarts were tried again , and Charles ...
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... answer this reason , drawn from the equality of man- kind by nature , I will first use the help of Bellarmine him- self , whose very words are these : " If many men had been together created out of the earth , they all ought to have ...
... answer this reason , drawn from the equality of man- kind by nature , I will first use the help of Bellarmine him- self , whose very words are these : " If many men had been together created out of the earth , they all ought to have ...
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... answer is : It is but the negligence or ignorance of the people to lose the knowledge of the true heir , for an heir there always is . If Adam himself were still living , and now ready to die , it is certain that there is one man , and ...
... answer is : It is but the negligence or ignorance of the people to lose the knowledge of the true heir , for an heir there always is . If Adam himself were still living , and now ready to die , it is certain that there is one man , and ...
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... answer is here given by Suarez , that it is scarce possible nor yet expedient that all men in the world should be gathered together into one community . It is likelier that either never , or for a very short time , that this power was ...
... answer is here given by Suarez , that it is scarce possible nor yet expedient that all men in the world should be gathered together into one community . It is likelier that either never , or for a very short time , that this power was ...
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... answered by some , that if either the greatest part of a kingdom , or if a smaller part only by themselves , and all the rest by proxy ; or if the part not concurring in election , do after , by a tacit assent , ratify the act of others ...
... answered by some , that if either the greatest part of a kingdom , or if a smaller part only by themselves , and all the rest by proxy ; or if the part not concurring in election , do after , by a tacit assent , ratify the act of others ...
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