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Page lvi
... theory of the State . It is therefore a curious paradox that its first full - fledged appearance in the history of political philosophy should have been in support of the most truculent absolutism , of a theory the most destructive of ...
... theory of the State . It is therefore a curious paradox that its first full - fledged appearance in the history of political philosophy should have been in support of the most truculent absolutism , of a theory the most destructive of ...
Page lxi
... THEORY OF THE Origin of GoVERNMENT What is true of Contract , as a theory of the origin of civil society , is no less true of it , as a theory of the origin of Government . The latter theory , like the former , seems to have first won ...
... THEORY OF THE Origin of GoVERNMENT What is true of Contract , as a theory of the origin of civil society , is no less true of it , as a theory of the origin of Government . The latter theory , like the former , seems to have first won ...
Page lxiv
... theory of Contract . The effect of that theory was to reduce the king to an equality with his subjects ; for a contract is between equals , or it is nothing . To convert the Contract into a Trust was to deal a yet shrewder blow against ...
... theory of Contract . The effect of that theory was to reduce the king to an equality with his subjects ; for a contract is between equals , or it is nothing . To convert the Contract into a Trust was to deal a yet shrewder blow against ...
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS | x |
TABLE DES LIVRES ET DES CHAPITRES | lxxiii |
LIVRE II | 21 |
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