 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
 | Catherine E. Ingrassia, Jeffrey S. Ravel - History - 2005 - 364 pages
...declaration, to which I alluded above, 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."" According to Macpherson, by Locke's model one could be truly an individual... | |
 | Domhnall Mitchell, Professor of English Domhnall Mitchell - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 448 pages
...inferior Creatures be common to all Men, yet 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. Whatsoever then he removes out of the State that Nature hath provided,... | |
 | Oliver O'Donovan - Political Science - 2008 - 347 pages
...inferior Creatures, be common to all Men, yet 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. Whatsoever then he removes out of the State that Nature hath provided,... | |
 | Barbara A. McGraw, Jo Renee Formicola - Religion and politics - 2005 - 368 pages
...philosophes. John Locke believed that each individual has "a property in his own person: this nobody has a right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his."45 Among the founders of the American Republic who studied him, Locke's... | |
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