Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... 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 II . and James ...
... 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 II . and James ...
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... Commonwealth , in 1651 , Hobbes set forth his view of " the Matter , Form , and Power of a Common- wealth , Ecclesiastical and Civil . " The State was a great body politic , as Leviathan was a great body natural , and the body politic ...
... Commonwealth , in 1651 , Hobbes set forth his view of " the Matter , Form , and Power of a Common- wealth , Ecclesiastical and Civil . " The State was a great body politic , as Leviathan was a great body natural , and the body politic ...
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... commonwealth cannot exercise this power , therefore it is bound to bestow it upon some one man , or some few . It depends upon the consent of the multitude to ordain over themselves a king , or consul , or other magistrates ; and if ...
... commonwealth cannot exercise this power , therefore it is bound to bestow it upon some one man , or some few . It depends upon the consent of the multitude to ordain over themselves a king , or consul , or other magistrates ; and if ...
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... commonwealth , yet still the authority that is in any one , or in many , or in all these , is the only right and natural authority of a supreme father . There is , and always shall be continued to the end of the world , a natural right ...
... commonwealth , yet still the authority that is in any one , or in many , or in all these , is the only right and natural authority of a supreme father . There is , and always shall be continued to the end of the world , a natural right ...
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... commonwealth . His war , his peace , his courts of justice , and all his acts of sovereignty , tend only to preserve and distribute to every subordinate and inferior father , and to their children , their rights and privileges , so that ...
... commonwealth . His war , his peace , his courts of justice , and all his acts of sovereignty , tend only to preserve and distribute to every subordinate and inferior father , and to their children , their rights and privileges , so that ...
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