The Works of John Locke, Volume 5T. Tegg, 1823 |
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... . He that would make the lighter scale preponderate to the opposite , will not so soon do it , by adding increase of new weight to the emptier , as if he took out of the heavier 12 Considerations of the lowering of Interest ,
... . He that would make the lighter scale preponderate to the opposite , will not so soon do it , by adding increase of new weight to the emptier , as if he took out of the heavier 12 Considerations of the lowering of Interest ,
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... weight , to enable us to reckon what the proportion of scarcity and vent of one com- modity is to another . For supposing , as before , that half an ounce of silver would last year exchange for one bushel of wheat , or for 15lb . weight ...
... weight , to enable us to reckon what the proportion of scarcity and vent of one com- modity is to another . For supposing , as before , that half an ounce of silver would last year exchange for one bushel of wheat , or for 15lb . weight ...
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... weight of lead as half an ounce of silver , for one - tenth of a bushel of wheat , and no more . So that if you say , that money now is nine - tenths less worth than it was the former year , you must say so of lead too , and all other ...
... weight of lead as half an ounce of silver , for one - tenth of a bushel of wheat , and no more . So that if you say , that money now is nine - tenths less worth than it was the former year , you must say so of lead too , and all other ...
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... weight per annum , or nothing at all : it being only the change of the quantity of wheat to its vent , supposing we have still the same sum of money in the kingdom ; or else the change of the quantity of our money in the kingdom ...
... weight per annum , or nothing at all : it being only the change of the quantity of wheat to its vent , supposing we have still the same sum of money in the kingdom ; or else the change of the quantity of our money in the kingdom ...
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... weight and denomination in : coinage . 9. Money , whilst the same quantity of it is passing up and down the kingdom in trade , is really a standing measure of the falling and rising value of other things , in reference to one another ...
... weight and denomination in : coinage . 9. Money , whilst the same quantity of it is passing up and down the kingdom in trade , is really a standing measure of the falling and rising value of other things , in reference to one another ...
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Page 230 - 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 354 - The labour of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with it, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 299 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Page 232 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 412 - The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property; to which in the state of nature there are many things wanting.
Page 356 - Nor was this appropriation of any parcel of land, by improving it, any prejudice to any other man, since there was still enough and as good left, and more than the yet unprovided could use.
Page 246 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 314 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Page 356 - And thus, considering the plenty of natural provisions there was a long time in the world, and the few spenders ; and to how small a part of that provision the industry of one man could extend itself, and engross it to the prejudice of others; especially keeping within the bounds, set by reason, of what might serve for his use; there could be then little room for quarrels or contentions about property so established.
Page 341 - 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, or possessions.