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" The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule. The liberty of man, in society, is to be under no other legislative... "
Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising ... - Page 345
by John Locke - 1824
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Hume's Philosophical Politics

Duncan Forbes - History - 1985 - 358 pages
...takes it for granted that men have been so consulted - otherwise there is no liberty. 'The liberty of Man in society is to be under no other legislative...that established, by consent, in the commonwealth . . . Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of...
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First Things: An Inquiry Into the First Principles of Morals and Justice

Hadley Arkes - Philosophy - 1986 - 448 pages
...will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of Nature for his rule. The liberty of man in society is to be under no other legislative...but that established by consent in the commonwealth. . . .13 To deny that understanding was to deny the things that separated human beings from animals....
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Locke: Two Treatises of Government Student Edition

John Locke - History - 1988 - 482 pages
...Will or Legislative Authority of Man, but to have only the Law of Nature for his Rule. The Liberty of Man, in Society, is to be under no other Legislative...Dominion of any Will, or Restraint of any Law, but what the Legislative shall enact, according to the Trust put in it. Freedom then is not what Sir RF tells...
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Voters, Elections, and Parties: The Practice of Democratic Theory

Gerald M. Pomper - Political Science - 436 pages
...government. The legitimacy of elective government has been grounded on a moral premise. "The liberty of man in society is to be under no other legislative...that established by consent in the commonwealth," declared Locke, "nor under the dominion of any will, or restraint of any law, but what the legislature...
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John Locke's Liberalism

Ruth W. Grant - Political Science - 1991 - 230 pages
...Will or Legislative Authority of Man, but to have only the Law of Nature for his Rule. The Liberty of Man, in Society, is to be under no other Legislative...Dominion of any Will, or Restraint of any Law, but what the Legislative shall enact, according to the Trust put in it. ... Freedom of Men under Government,...
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An Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Contexts

James Tully - History - 1993 - 354 pages
...will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule. The liberty of man, in society, is to be under no other legislative...dominion of any will, or restraint of any law, but what the legislative shall enact, according to the trust put in it. The major distinction is between natural...
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Profits, Priests, and Princes: Adam Smith’s Emancipation of Economics from ...

Peter Minowitz - Business & Economics - 1993 - 376 pages
...legislative authority of man." For Locke, natural liberty is also the premise for liberty in society: "to be under no other legislative power but that established by consent in the commonwealth" (Second Treatise, sec. 22). Smith's "natural liberty" is defined in terms of security and economic...
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Das intertemporale Strafrecht

Gerhard Dannecker - Law - 1993 - 664 pages
...Freiheit, dem staatlichen Recht unterworfen zu sein: „The Liberty of man in society is to be under no legislative power but that established by consent in the commonwealth; nor under the domination of any will or restraint of any law, but what that legislative shall enact according to...
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The Myth of American Individualism: The Protestant Origins of American ...

Barry Alan Shain - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...independence or (as it is called today) individual autonomy. First, following Locke: "the Liberty of Man, in Society, is to be under no other Legislative...that established by Consent in the Commonwealth." A man thus was free when he was allowed to participate in the shaping of the laws that would bind him....
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Democracy

Anthony Arblaster - Political Science - 1994 - 142 pages
...his Second Treatise to escape from the dilemma of reconciling his basic principle - 'The Liberty of Man, in Society, is to be under no other Legislative...that established, by consent, in the Commonwealth . . .' (22, p. 301) with the desirability of a stable and durable system of government which would...
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