 The right of nature, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing anything which, in...  Spinoza, His Life and Philosophy - Page 303by Frederick Pollock - 1899 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 974 pages
...when he can" not obtain it, that he may seek and use all helps and ad" vantages of warf." And again, " The right of nature, " which writers commonly call...liberty " each man hath to use his own power as he will himself, " for the preservation of his own nature, that is to say, of " his own life ; and consequently,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy - 1839 - 744 pages
...following chapters. CHAPTER XIV. OP THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURAL LAWS, AND OF CONTRACTS. Right of nature THE RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus...liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and consequently,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...SECOND NATURAL LAWS, AND OF CONTRACTS. Right of nature THE RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly whtt' call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and consequently,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...NATURAL LAWS, AND OF CONTRACTS. Right of nature THE RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jtis naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to ..,,^/ use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and consequently,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1840 - 706 pages
...vantages of warf." • And again, " The right of nature, " which writers commonly call jus naturals, is the liberty " each man hath to use his own power as he will himself, " for the preservation of his own nature, that is to say, of " his own life ; and consequently,... | |
 | Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...equal distribution ot any thing, than that every man is contented with his share. The Right of Nature, jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature. Do not that to another which thou wonldst not have... | |
 | American literature - 1848 - 614 pages
...enjoy all things he will and can.' " — De Corpore Politico, Pt. 1., ch. i. Right he defines to be — "The" liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and, consequently,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...enjoy all things he will and can.' " — De Corpore Politico, Pt. 1., eh. i. Right he defines to be — "The liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life ; and, consequently,... | |
 | John Stewart - Ethics - 1849 - 244 pages
...equal distribution ol any thing, than that every man is contented with hia share. The Right of Nature, jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature. Do not that to another which thou wouldst not have... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - History - 1861 - 322 pages
...up in a year) ; Hobbes, I say, opens the fourteenth chapter of his Leviathan, by telling us that " The right of nature, which writers commonly call Jus...is the liberty each man hath to use his own power for the preservation of his own nature ; that is to say, of his own life; and, consequently, of doing... | |
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