Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... rule , of what kind soever , seemeth evidently to have risen from deliberate advice , consultation , and composition between men , judging it convenient and behoveful . These views of Hooker on the social compact are chiefly given in ...
... rule , of what kind soever , seemeth evidently to have risen from deliberate advice , consultation , and composition between men , judging it convenient and behoveful . These views of Hooker on the social compact are chiefly given in ...
Page 12
... eyes and exceed the capacities of all men , save only those that are hourly versed in the managing public affairs : yet since the rule for each man to know in what to obey his prince cannot be learnt without a 12 PATRIARCHA .
... eyes and exceed the capacities of all men , save only those that are hourly versed in the managing public affairs : yet since the rule for each man to know in what to obey his prince cannot be learnt without a 12 PATRIARCHA .
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... 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 power , therefore it is bound to bestow it upon some one man , or some few . It depends ...
... 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 power , therefore it is bound to bestow it upon some one man , or some few . It depends ...
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... rule over him . " Accordingly , when Jacob bought his brother's birthright , Isaac blessed him thus : " Be lord over thy brethren , and let the sons of thy mother bow before thee . " * As long as the first fathers of families lived ...
... rule over him . " Accordingly , when Jacob bought his brother's birthright , Isaac blessed him thus : " Be lord over thy brethren , and let the sons of thy mother bow before thee . " * As long as the first fathers of families lived ...
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... rule of St. Chrysostom , " God made all mankind of one man , that he might teach the world to be governed by a king , and not by a multitude . " The ignorance of the creation occasioned several errors amongst the heathen philosophers ...
... rule of St. Chrysostom , " God made all mankind of one man , that he might teach the world to be governed by a king , and not by a multitude . " The ignorance of the creation occasioned several errors amongst the heathen philosophers ...
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