 Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.  Principles of Political Economy - Page 18by George Poulett Scrope - 1833 - 457 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alessandro Roncaglia - Business & Economics - 2006 - 596 pages
...to all men in common. He argued, however, that every man has a 'property' in his own 'person'. This nobody has any right to but himself. The 'labour' of his body and the 'work' of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that Nature hath provided... | |
 | Charles Merlin Umpenhour - Capitalism - 2005 - 568 pages
...adopting a Constitution. Locke contended, "Every man has a Property of his own Person. This no Body has any right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his".. ."The great and chief end therefore, of Men uniting into Commonwealths,... | |
 | Mark J. Cherry - Medical - 2005 - 288 pages
...interpretation. For example, Locke affirms that "every man has a property in his own person: this no body has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say are properly his.'02 This natural authority of persons over themselves and their property... | |
 | Douglas B. Rasmussen, Douglas J.Den Uyl - Political Science - 2010 - 381 pages
...foundation in choice. Cíjapfer J\[ine~ SELF-OWNERSHIP Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body and the work of his hand, we may say are properly his. JOHN LOCKE, SECOND TREATISE Each individual, as a natural fact,... | |
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