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" The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property; to which in the state of nature there are many things wanting. "
The Works of John Locke - Page 412
by John Locke - 1823
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Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study ..., Volume 25

Aristotelian Society (Great Britain) - Philosophy - 1925 - 364 pages
...endowed with what are termed " rights " and " properties.'' " The great and chief end," he said, " of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves...government is the preservation of their property." But was Green not right when he held that a necessary condition which " must be fulfilled in order...
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History and Social Intelligence

Harry Elmer Barnes - History - 1926 - 638 pages
...Works of Alexander Hamilton^ Edited by Lodge), Vol. I, p. 8. The great and chief end, therefore, of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves...the state of nature there are many things wanting. One of the most lucid and thorough statements of the economic basis of political parties and programs...
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Richard Henry Tawney - Capitalism - 1926 - 362 pages
...rights which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature. " The great and chief end of men uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves...government is the preservation of their property." * While the political significance of this development has often been described, the analogous changes...
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The Philosophy of Individualism: A Bibliography, with an Introductory Essay ...

Individualist bookshop limited, London - Individualism - 1927 - 104 pages
...Individualistic view of private property, and again lays down the quintessence of Individualism : " The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting...government, is the preservation of their property." He qualifies his theory of a Social Contract, Compact, or Covenant, by pointing out that " men when...
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Main Currents in American Thought: An Interpretation of American ..., Volume 2

Vernon Louis Parrington - American literature - 1927 - 528 pages
...legal principles. With John Adams he accepted the dictum of Locke that "the great and chief end . . . of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves...government, is the preservation of their property"; and believing that the English Common Law was the securest of all agencies devised to safeguard the...
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Main Currents in American Thought: An Interpretation of American ..., Volume 1

Vernon Louis Parrington - American literature - 1927 - 452 pages
...detached from the communal whole are at constant hazards. "The great and chief end, therefore, of men uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves...government, is the preservation of their property." 1 If such was the original purpose for which government was instituted among men, it follows that government...
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Political Pluralism: A Study in Contemporary Political Theory

Gongquan Xiao - Cultural pluralism - 1927 - 308 pages
...political well-being, but an end in itself. " The great and chief end, therefore ", he says, " of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property."2 This single sentence shows how far a cry it is from Aristotle to Locke.v Like Aristotle,...
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Die geldtheoretischen und geldpolitischen Anschauungen John Lockes

Ignaz Emrich - Currency question - 1927 - 120 pages
...Pflichten nicht oder nicht richtig erfüllt*. Schon aus dieser kurzen Darstellung ergibt sich, daß "The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and puting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property"4. Wie aber ist das Eigentum...
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The Economic Basis of Politics

Charles Austin Beard - Political science - 1928 - 108 pages
...in the requirements of property owners, so is the end of the state to be sought in the same source. "The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting...government is the preservation of their property." As the preservation of property is the origin and end of the state, so it gives the right of revolution...
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The Economic Basis of Politics

Charles Austin Beard - Political science - 1922 - 114 pages
...so is the end of the state to be sought in the same source. "The great and chief end, there-( fore, of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves...government is the preservation of their property." As the preservation of property is the origin and end of the state, so it gives the right of revolution...
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