Two Treatises of Government: By Iohn Lockeprinted MDCLXXXVIIII reprinted, the sixth time, by A. Millar, H. Woodfall, I. Whiston and B. White, I. Rivington, L. Davis and C. Reymers [and 16 others in London], 1764 - Liberty - 416 pages |
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Page 82
2 part of the subjects have an absolute unlimited power over the other by the
natural right of parentage . $ . 70. If any one will suppose , in favour of our author ,
that he here meant , that parents , who are in subjection themselves to the
absolute ...
2 part of the subjects have an absolute unlimited power over the other by the
natural right of parentage . $ . 70. If any one will suppose , in favour of our author ,
that he here meant , that parents , who are in subjection themselves to the
absolute ...
Page 120
... an excellent way to establish the thrones of princes , and settle the obedience
of their subjects , by setting up an hundred , or perhaps a thousand titles ( if there
be so many princes in the world ) against any king now reigning , each as good ...
... an excellent way to establish the thrones of princes , and settle the obedience
of their subjects , by setting up an hundred , or perhaps a thousand titles ( if there
be so many princes in the world ) against any king now reigning , each as good ...
Page 121
... and have a right to subjection from their subjects , and then one only can have
it , and the rest being subjects can require no obedience from other men , who
are but their fellow subjects ; or else it is not the title whereby kings rule , and
have ...
... and have a right to subjection from their subjects , and then one only can have
it , and the rest being subjects can require no obedience from other men , who
are but their fellow subjects ; or else it is not the title whereby kings rule , and
have ...
Page 300
But , it is plain , governments themselves understand it otherwise ; they claim no
power over the fon , because of that they had over the father ; nor look on
children as being their subjects , by their fathers being so . If a subject of England
have a ...
But , it is plain , governments themselves understand it otherwise ; they claim no
power over the fon , because of that they had over the father ; nor look on
children as being their subjects , by their fathers being so . If a subject of England
have a ...
Page 320
... the supreme or legislative power of any common - wealth , can do what it will ,
and dispose of the estates of the subject ... whose members , upon the
dissolution of the assembly , are subjects under the common laws of their country
, equally ...
... the supreme or legislative power of any common - wealth , can do what it will ,
and dispose of the estates of the subject ... whose members , upon the
dissolution of the assembly , are subjects under the common laws of their country
, equally ...
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abſolute Adam Adam's againſt allow alſo amongſt appeal becauſe beginning belongs body born bound caſes command common common-wealth conſent creatures death deſcending diſtinct divine dominion doubt earth elſe enjoy equal executive exerciſe father fatherhood fatherly firſt follow fons force gave give given grant hands hath heir himſelf honour inheritance judge king labour land law of nature legiſlative liberty living lord mankind maſter means ment monarch mother muſt nature neceſſary never obedience Obſervations original parents paternal power perſon plain pleaſe political poſitive poſterity preſervation princes prove reaſon reſt rule ruler ſaid ſame ſays ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſince ſociety ſome ſon ſtate ſtate of nature ſubjects ſuch ſuppoſed ſupreme taken tells themſelves theſe thing thoſe thought true uſe whole
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Page 25 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 25 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 215 - And even amongst us, the hare that any one is hunting is thought his who pursues her during the chase. For being a beast that is still looked upon as common, and no man's private possession, whoever has employed so much labour...
Page 215 - It will perhaps be objected to this, that if gathering the acorns, or other fruits of the earth, &c. makes a right to them, then any one may engross as much as he will. To which I answer, Not so. The same law of nature, that does by this means give us property, does also bound that property too. "God has given us all things richly,
Page 212 - The fruit or venison which nourishes the wild Indian, who knows no enclosure, and is still a tenant in common, must be his, and so his (ie a part of him) that another can no longer have any right to it, before it can do him any good for the support of his life.
Page 191 - Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws, with penalties of death, and consequently all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community in the execution of such laws, and in the defence of the commonwealth from foreign injury, and all this only for the public good.
Page 195 - ... what is proportionate to his transgression, which is so much as may serve for reparation and restraint. For these two are the only reasons why one man may lawfully do harm to another, which is that we call punishment.
Page 318 - Fourthly, the legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands; for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.
Page 382 - Every one is at the disposure of his own will when those who had by the delegation of the society the declaring of the public will are excluded from it, and others usurp the place who have no such authority or delegation.
Page 298 - I say that every man that hath any possession or enjoyment of any part of the dominions of any government doth thereby give his tacit consent, and is as far forth obliged to obedience to the laws of that government during such enjoyment as any one under it...
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| Title | Two Treatises of Government: By Iohn Locke Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | John Locke |
| Editor | Thomas Hollis |
| Publisher | printed MDCLXXXVIIII reprinted, the sixth time, by A. Millar, H. Woodfall, I. Whiston and B. White, I. Rivington, L. Davis and C. Reymers [and 16 others in London], 1764 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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