 ... a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.  The Life of John Locke - Page 170by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Alberto Martinez Piedra - Business & Economics - 2004 - 226 pages
...Locke's stress on man's freedom is unequivocally stated when he affirms that all men are naturally in "a state of perfect freedom to order their actions,...persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the laws of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man." John Locke, Book... | |
 | C. A. Gearty - Human rights - 2004 - 278 pages
...proposition that every man had a natural right to possessions( the condition all men are naturally in is 'a State of perfect Freedom to order their Actions,...Possessions, and Persons as they think fit, within the hounds of the Law of Nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the Will of any other Man'.124... | |
 | Lee Ward - History - 2004 - 478 pages
...are naturally in" (II:4). Locke's state of nature has two central features. First, for individuals it is "a State of Perfect Freedom to order their Actions,...their Possessions, and Persons as they think fit,... without asking leave, or depending upon the Will of any other Man" (II:4). Moreover, the state of nature... | |
 | Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach, Patricia Smith - Constitutional history - 2003 - 424 pages
...of modern Western traditions of privacy, is a realm in which men need not "ask leave" of another: it is "a state of perfect freedom to order their actions,...and dispose of their possessions and persons as they see fit, within the bounds of the Law of Nature."30 What this history tells us is that even when appeals... | |
 | Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow - Law - 2004 - 245 pages
...and derive it from its original, we must consider what state men are naturally in, and that is the state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they see fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave or depending on the will of any... | |
 | Philosophy - 212 pages
...To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom. And reason . . . teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent,... | |
 | Donald A. Hay - Business & Economics - 2004 - 342 pages
...lack of interference, and lack of coercion. This is Locke's 'state of nature' where individuals are in a 'state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their persons and possessions as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave... | |
 | Sharon M. Meagher, Patrice DiQuinzio - Social Science - 2012 - 274 pages
...liberty is the primary value: "To understand Political Power right, and derive it from its Original, we must consider what State all Men are naturally...leave, or depending upon the Will of any other Man" (ch. ii, sect. 4). But, of course, Locke may not have been speaking inclusively here. While Locke does... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - History - 2005 - 318 pages
..."to understand political power aright and derive it from its original we must consider what estate all men are naturally in and that is a state of perfect...leave or depending upon the will of any other man." Locke mistakenly depended upon an understanding of nature, using abstract reason, rather than history,... | |
 | John A. Marini, Ken Masugi - Political Science - 2005 - 406 pages
...state is "freedom"— a term he seems to use interchangeably with "liberty." All men are born into "a state of perfect freedom to order their actions...leave, or depending upon the will of any other man." Except for the obligation to obey the limits imposed by the laws of nature (principally by refraining... | |
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