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... if we are to speak accurately , is not true . For the mother of right— that is , of natural law is human nature ; for this would lead us to desire mutual society , even if it were not required for the supply of other wants .
... if we are to speak accurately , is not true . For the mother of right— that is , of natural law is human nature ; for this would lead us to desire mutual society , even if it were not required for the supply of other wants .
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universally true ,' Twas fear of wrong that made us make our laws , — an opinion which one of the interlocutors in Plato's Republic explains in this way , - that laws were introduced from the fear of receiving wrong , and that men are ...
universally true ,' Twas fear of wrong that made us make our laws , — an opinion which one of the interlocutors in Plato's Republic explains in this way , - that laws were introduced from the fear of receiving wrong , and that men are ...
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It is most true [ as Cicero says ] that everything loses its certainty at once if we give up the belief in rights . 23. If no society whatever can be preserved without the recognition of mutual rights , which Aristotle [ rather Plato ...
It is most true [ as Cicero says ] that everything loses its certainty at once if we give up the belief in rights . 23. If no society whatever can be preserved without the recognition of mutual rights , which Aristotle [ rather Plato ...
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If , then , those who have devoted themselves to the study of true justice would separately undertake to treat of separate parts of natural and permanent jurisprudence , omitting all which derives its origin from the will of man alone ...
If , then , those who have devoted themselves to the study of true justice would separately undertake to treat of separate parts of natural and permanent jurisprudence , omitting all which derives its origin from the will of man alone ...
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... concerning oaths , concerning reprisals . * But the true reading is Δικαιώματα πόλεων ( not mo Kéμwv ) , the Laws of States.— Barbeyrac . 37. I have also seen special books concerning the laws 12 IZ.
... concerning oaths , concerning reprisals . * But the true reading is Δικαιώματα πόλεων ( not mo Kéμwv ) , the Laws of States.— Barbeyrac . 37. I have also seen special books concerning the laws 12 IZ.
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