Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... governors , and at liberty to choose what governors or government they pleased , but they were distinct families , which had fathers for rulers over them , whereby it appears that even in the confusion God was careful to preserve the ...
... governors , and at liberty to choose what governors or government they pleased , but they were distinct families , which had fathers for rulers over them , whereby it appears that even in the confusion God was careful to preserve the ...
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... Governors . 1. By conferring these proofs and reasons , drawn from the authority of the Scripture , it appears little less than a paradox which Bellarmine and others affirm of the freedom of the multitude , to choose what rulers they ...
... Governors . 1. By conferring these proofs and reasons , drawn from the authority of the Scripture , it appears little less than a paradox which Bellarmine and others affirm of the freedom of the multitude , to choose what rulers they ...
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... governor . An 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 ...
... governor . An 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 ...
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... governor by part of the people be an argument of their concurring in the election of him , by the same reason the tacit assent of the whole commonwealth may be maintained ; from whence it follows that every prince that comes to a crown ...
... governor by part of the people be an argument of their concurring in the election of him , by the same reason the tacit assent of the whole commonwealth may be maintained ; from whence it follows that every prince that comes to a crown ...
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... governors they please ; of which mind is Bellarmine in those places we cited at first . Therefore it is necessary to examine the strength of what is said in defence of popular common- weals against this natural form of kingdoms which I ...
... governors they please ; of which mind is Bellarmine in those places we cited at first . Therefore it is necessary to examine the strength of what is said in defence of popular common- weals against this natural form of kingdoms which I ...
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