Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... persons they impose the laws , it is no better than mere tyranny . " Laws , said Hooker , are available by consent ; utterly without our consent , we could be at no man's commandment living . In the reign of Charles I. the chief English ...
... persons they impose the laws , it is no better than mere tyranny . " Laws , said Hooker , are available by consent ; utterly without our consent , we could be at no man's commandment living . In the reign of Charles I. the chief English ...
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... 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 first use the help of Bellarmine him- self , whose ...
... 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 first use the help of Bellarmine him- self , whose ...
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... person to be king , He intended that the issue also should have benefit thereof , as being comprehended sufficiently in the person * I Kings xx . 16 . { of the father , although the father only was 18 PATRIARCHA .
... person to be king , He intended that the issue also should have benefit thereof , as being comprehended sufficiently in the person * I Kings xx . 16 . { of the father , although the father only was 18 PATRIARCHA .
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... persons under the obe- dience of one and the same head of the family , and he approves better of the propriety of the Hebrew word for a family , which is derived from a word that signifies a head , a prince , or lord , than the Greek ...
... persons under the obe- dience of one and the same head of the family , and he approves better of the propriety of the Hebrew word for a family , which is derived from a word that signifies a head , a prince , or lord , than the Greek ...
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... ; each man hath a care of his particular , and thinks basely of the common good ; they look upon ap- proaching mischiefs as they do upon thunder , only every man wisheth it may not touch his own person ; PATRIARCHA . 37.
... ; each man hath a care of his particular , and thinks basely of the common good ; they look upon ap- proaching mischiefs as they do upon thunder , only every man wisheth it may not touch his own person ; PATRIARCHA . 37.
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