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" The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty... "
Two Treatises on Civil Government - Page 159
by John Locke - 1887 - 320 pages
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St. Thomas' Political Doctrine and Democracy

Edward Francis Murphy - 1921 - 338 pages
...obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." Two Treatises of Government, Bk. II, ch. II, pp. 193-194. Hooker ; and Hooker is the medium through...
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The Principles of Politics: An Introduction to the Study of the Evolution of ...

Arthur Ritchie Lord - 1921 - 316 pages
...which obliges every one ; and reason which is that law teaches all mankind who will but consult it that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.'1 Here we have the first plain statement of the three rights whic"h Locke contemplates...
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Development of Social Theory

James Pendleton Lichtenberger - 1923 - 504 pages
...preservation calls for it. The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. . . . "And that all men may be restrained from invading others' rights, and from doing hurt to one...
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The Irresistible Movement of Democracy

John Simpson Penman - 1923 - 754 pages
...his "Civil Government" the following principles: "The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will consult it, that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health,...
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A History of English Law, Volume 6

Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1924 - 758 pages
...state of license.6 For " the state of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges everyone, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and 1 Above 153, 157. a Above 152-157. 3 Thus differing from the older forms of the contract theory which...
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William Blake, His Mysticism

Ba Han (Maung) - 1924 - 294 pages
...authority.' The only controlling force is the law of nature or reason which ' teaches all mankind... that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in life, health,liberty; or possessions.' 1 As the law of reason is not always obeyed, everybody surrenders...
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Studies in the History of Political Philosophy Before and After ..., Volume 1

Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1925 - 404 pages
...himself is content to cast it in the negative form: ' The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions ' (CG § 6). But ' mutual assistance and preservation ' goes considerably beyond this. Hence (§ 5)...
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The Essential American Tradition: An Anthology of Striking and Significant ...

Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 360 pages
...of God himself," (30) and that advanced by Locke: "Reason, which is that law, teaches all who will consult it, that, being all equal and independent,...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." (31) Soon many writers were asserting that man has certain "natural rights." The American Mind Peculiarly...
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Selections

John Locke - 1928 - 428 pages
...preservation calls for it. The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind...men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infininitely wise Maker, all the servants of one sovereign master, sent into the world by his order...
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The Fortnightly Review, Volume 38

1882 - 854 pages
..." but men in this state are not in absolute anarchy. They are subject to the law of reason, which " teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." The state of war arises only when some one, not having the law of reason before his eyes, puts himself...
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