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Page 107
... body [ i.e. , piece of matter ] of which we can conceive any beginning , which we can compare with other bodies , or which is capable of composition and resolution ; that is to say , every body of whose beginning or properties we can ...
... body [ i.e. , piece of matter ] of which we can conceive any beginning , which we can compare with other bodies , or which is capable of composition and resolution ; that is to say , every body of whose beginning or properties we can ...
Page 359
... bodies offer themselves to such as search after their generation and properties : One is called a natural body ; the other is called a commonwealth and is made by the wills and argeement of men . Nature is imitated by the art of man in ...
... bodies offer themselves to such as search after their generation and properties : One is called a natural body ; the other is called a commonwealth and is made by the wills and argeement of men . Nature is imitated by the art of man in ...
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... body politic . This alone legitimizes civil undertakings which , without it , would be absurd , tyran- nical and liable to the most frightful abuses . The social compact gives the body politic absolute power over all its members . It is ...
... body politic . This alone legitimizes civil undertakings which , without it , would be absurd , tyran- nical and liable to the most frightful abuses . The social compact gives the body politic absolute power over all its members . It is ...
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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