Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... reason , means adapted to an end ; maintained by the majority so long as they attain their end , and subject to change with change of circumstance , by the same action of human reason in readjusting means for the more certain attainment ...
... reason , means adapted to an end ; maintained by the majority so long as they attain their end , and subject to change with change of circumstance , by the same action of human reason in readjusting means for the more certain attainment ...
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... Reason as his guide . Men equal by Nature seek communion and fellowship with others , to supply the defects that are in them when living singly and solely by themselves . This was the cause of men's uniting themselves at the first in ...
... Reason as his guide . Men equal by Nature seek communion and fellowship with others , to supply the defects that are in them when living singly and solely by themselves . This was the cause of men's uniting themselves at the first in ...
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... reason why amongst a multitude ( who are equal ) one rather than another should bear rule over the rest . Power is given by the multitude to one man , or to more by the same law of nature ; for the commonwealth cannot exercise this ...
... reason why amongst a multitude ( who are equal ) one rather than another should bear rule over the rest . Power is given by the multitude to one man , or to more by the same law of nature ; for the commonwealth cannot exercise this ...
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... 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 been princes ...
... 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 been princes ...
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... reason is there that the laws of nature should give place to the laws of men , as we see the power of the father over his child gives place and is subordinate to the power of the magistrate ? If we compare the natural rights of a father ...
... reason is there that the laws of nature should give place to the laws of men , as we see the power of the father over his child gives place and is subordinate to the power of the magistrate ? If we compare the natural rights of a father ...
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