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Page 217
This lordship , which Adam by command had over the whole world , and by right descending from him the patriarchs did enjoy , was as large and ample as the absolute dominion of any monarch which hath been since the creation , p . 13.
This lordship , which Adam by command had over the whole world , and by right descending from him the patriarchs did enjoy , was as large and ample as the absolute dominion of any monarch which hath been since the creation , p . 13.
Page 269
But this way , it is plain , cannot possibly convey both his natural and private dominion to the same person : for should we allow that all the property , all the estate of the father , ought to descend to the eldest son , ( which will ...
But this way , it is plain , cannot possibly convey both his natural and private dominion to the same person : for should we allow that all the property , all the estate of the father , ought to descend to the eldest son , ( which will ...
Page 270
... they can serve only to confound the rights of princes , and disorder government in his posterity : for by building upon two titles to dominion , which cannot descend together , and which he allows may be separated , ( for he yields ...
... they can serve only to confound the rights of princes , and disorder government in his posterity : for by building upon two titles to dominion , which cannot descend together , and which he allows may be separated , ( for he yields ...
Page 283
... that there was a natural or divine right of primogeniture to both estate and power ; and that the inheritance of both rule over men , and property in things , sprang from the same original , and were to descend by the same rules .
... that there was a natural or divine right of primogeniture to both estate and power ; and that the inheritance of both rule over men , and property in things , sprang from the same original , and were to descend by the same rules .
Page 285
... any government began upon either of these , can by right of succession come to those only , who have the title of him they succeed to : power founded on contract can descend only to him who has right by that contract : power founded ...
... any government began upon either of these , can by right of succession come to those only , who have the title of him they succeed to : power founded on contract can descend only to him who has right by that contract : power founded ...
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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