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" 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. "
Fraser's Magazine - Page 491
1873
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The Library of Original Sources: Volume VI (Advance in Knowledge 1650-1800)

Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 466 pages
...before it can do him any good for the support of life. Though the earth, and all 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,...
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The Biblical Politics of John Locke, Volume 30

Kim Ian Parker, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 217 pages
...exclusive rights to that property. Locke puts it this way: Though the Earth, and all 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,...
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Natural Rights Liberalism from Locke to Nozick: Volume 22, Part 1

Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - Law - 2005 - 428 pages
...the locus classicus of Locke on justice in acquisition: Though the earth, and all 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,...
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The Creation of American Common Law, 1850–1880: Technology, Politics, and ...

Howard Schweber - Political Science - 2004 - 314 pages
...formal requirements, legal fictions, and an array of 1 "Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a 'property' in his own 'person'" (Locke, 1690: 130). overlapping, inconsistent rules that made the adjudication of an individual case...
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The Politics of Liberty in England and Revolutionary America

Lee Ward - History - 2004 - 478 pages
...individual's body and the actions of that body. Locke claims: Though the Earth, and all infetior Creatures he common to all Men, yet every Man has a Property in his own Petson. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands,...
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The Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law: Property, Rights and Nature

Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow - Law - 2004 - 245 pages
...as artefacts, into the realm of 'one's own.' The world is held in common by all men, Locke observed, 'yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself.'112 In tune with earlier versions of the possessive theory, Locke extended...
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Savage State: Welfare Capitalism and Inequality

Edward J. Martin, Rodolfo D. Torres - Business & Economics - 2005 - 200 pages
...earn in a free and competitive market. John Locke states: Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men. yet every man has a property...person. This nobody has a right to but himself. The labor of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then he removes...
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Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations

Kenneth R. Himes, Lisa Sowle Cahill - Philosophy - 2005 - 580 pages
...grant the right to property. Rather, according to Locke, 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 "labor" of his body and the "work" of his hands, we may say, are properly...
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Measures of Possibility: Emily Dickinson's Manuscripts

Domhnall Mitchell, Professor of English Domhnall Mitchell - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 448 pages
...passage from the Two Treatises on Government (1690): "Though the Earth, and all 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,...
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The Ways of Judgement

Oliver O'Donovan - Political Science - 2008 - 347 pages
...pads 2.2.6-17. 25. Two Treatises of Government 5.27: "Though the Earth, and all 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,...
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