| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...The right of nature, which wiiters commonly call jus naturak, is the liberty each man hath to use hjs own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature, that is to say, of his own life ; and consequently, of doing any thing which, in his own judgment... | |
| 1840 - 974 pages
...again, " The right of nature, " which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty " each man hath to use his own power as he will himself, " for the preservation of his own nature, that is to say, of " his own life ; and consequently, of doing anything which " in his own... | |
| Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...nature THE RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jtis naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to ..,,^/ use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and consequently, of doing any thing, which in his own judgment,... | |
| Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...THE RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly whtt' call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and consequently, of doing any thing, which in his own judgment,... | |
| Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...every man is contented with his share. The Right of Nature, jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature. Do not that to another which thou wonldst not have done to thyself; this showeth, that when... | |
| American literature - 1848 - 614 pages
...can.' " — De Corpore Politico, Pt. 1., ch. i. Right he defines to be — "The" liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and, consequently, of doing anything which in his own judgment... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...can.' " — De Corpore Politico, Pt. 1., eh. i. Right he defines to be — "The liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and, consequently, of doing anything which in his own judgment... | |
| John Stewart - Ethics - 1849 - 244 pages
...every man is contented with hia share. The Right of Nature, jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature. Do not that to another which thou wouldst not have done to thyself; this showeth, that when... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1847 - 586 pages
...can.'' — De Corpore Politico, Pt. I. ch. i. Right he defines to be — ' The liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and, consequently, of doing anything which in his own judgment... | |
| Alexander Bain - Ethics - 1868 - 902 pages
...XIV. First comes a definition of Jus Naturale or Right of Nature — the liberty each man has of using his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature or life. Liberty properly means the absence of external impediments ; now a man may externally... | |
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