Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... sovereignty upon a social compact among men equal by nature . There never was a time , said Filmer , when men were equal . When there were only two in the world , one was the master . When children were born , Adam was master over them ...
... sovereignty upon a social compact among men equal by nature . There never was a time , said Filmer , when men were equal . When there were only two in the world , one was the master . When children were born , Adam was master over them ...
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... sovereignty that are found in any monarch . → 5. Not only until the Flood , but after it , this patriarchal power did continue , as the very name patriarch doth in part prove . The three sons of Noah had the whole world di- vided ...
... sovereignty that are found in any monarch . → 5. Not only until the Flood , but after it , this patriarchal power did continue , as the very name patriarch doth in part prove . The three sons of Noah had the whole world di- vided ...
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... sovereignty , tend only to preserve and distribute to every subordinate and inferior father , and to their children , their rights and privileges , so that all the duties of a king are summed up in an universal fatherly care of his ...
... sovereignty , tend only to preserve and distribute to every subordinate and inferior father , and to their children , their rights and privileges , so that all the duties of a king are summed up in an universal fatherly care of his ...
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... sovereignty with the prince , but do only deliberate and advise their Supreme Head , who still reserves the absolute power in himself : for if in such assemblies the king , the nobility , and people have equal shares in the sovereignty ...
... sovereignty with the prince , but do only deliberate and advise their Supreme Head , who still reserves the absolute power in himself : for if in such assemblies the king , the nobility , and people have equal shares in the sovereignty ...
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... sovereignty may be seen in the Roman history , where we may find many good empe- rors murdered by the people , and many bad elected by them . Nero , Heliogabalus , Otho , Vitellius , and such other monsters of nature , were the minions ...
... sovereignty may be seen in the Roman history , where we may find many good empe- rors murdered by the people , and many bad elected by them . Nero , Heliogabalus , Otho , Vitellius , and such other monsters of nature , were the minions ...
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