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Page 4
... respect to human laws , the fupreme magiftrate , or fovereign body - politic , whether fole or aggregate ; in whom the power of legiflation is vested by the confent , either tacit or expreffed , expreffed , perfonal or representative ...
... respect to human laws , the fupreme magiftrate , or fovereign body - politic , whether fole or aggregate ; in whom the power of legiflation is vested by the confent , either tacit or expreffed , expreffed , perfonal or representative ...
Page 15
... respecting ourselves only , the obligation they bring with them is equally natural . When a human being , for inftance , has attained a degree of knowledge fuf- ficient to discover by what means his ex- iftence iftence is to be ...
... respecting ourselves only , the obligation they bring with them is equally natural . When a human being , for inftance , has attained a degree of knowledge fuf- ficient to discover by what means his ex- iftence iftence is to be ...
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... fome lived together in a focial or civil ftate among themselves , yet , with respect to others , they retained their na- tural tural liberty ; and confequently remained in a State of CRIMINAL LAW . 25 CHAP V Of a State of Nature Page 2.
... fome lived together in a focial or civil ftate among themselves , yet , with respect to others , they retained their na- tural tural liberty ; and confequently remained in a State of CRIMINAL LAW . 25 CHAP V Of a State of Nature Page 2.
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... respect to each other , may be faid to exist in a State of Naturé , as they acknowledge no common fuperior , live in a state of war ; that is , though they are not continually , or fimul ac femel , in a state of hoftility , yet ...
... respect to each other , may be faid to exist in a State of Naturé , as they acknowledge no common fuperior , live in a state of war ; that is , though they are not continually , or fimul ac femel , in a state of hoftility , yet ...
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... respect of " Nature , but in refpect of the Author " of Nature , Almighty God . " This explanation , given by Hobbes , even though he argues against the exist- ence of the Law of Nature , will affift us in fhewing that the Law of Nature ...
... respect of " Nature , but in refpect of the Author " of Nature , Almighty God . " This explanation , given by Hobbes , even though he argues against the exist- ence of the Law of Nature , will affift us in fhewing that the Law of Nature ...
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abfurd affiftance againſt anſwer arifes becauſe Befides cafe of murder capital puniſhments caſe caufes cauſes CHAP cife circumftances civil confequently confideration confidered conftitution Covarruvias Crimes Criminal Laws death degree delinquent difpofitions diftinction eſtabliſhed exiftence exiſt faid fame fays fecurity feems fenfe fenfible feveral fhew fhould fince firft firſt flain focial fociety fome fpecies ftate ftill fubfiftence fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport fupreme fyftem greateſt Grotius himſelf Hobbes hoftility human increaſe inflict inftances inftitutions injuftice injured intereft itſelf juft juftice Jury juſt Law of Nature lefs legiſlative leſs likewife magiftrate mankind meaſure ment moft moral moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity nevertheleſs niſhments obferved obligation occafion offences ourſelves paffion Parliament of Merton peace perfon political preſent principles Puffendorf purpoſe queſtion reaſon reſpect revenge SECT ſeems ſenſe ſeverity ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranfgreffion tural uſe