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" The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property; to which in the state of nature there are many things wanting. "
THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE - Page 412
by John Locke - 1801
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Az Angol irodalom története, Volume 3

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1883 - 516 pages
...entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact. The great and chief end of men uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under government is the preservation of -)ir property. (Locke, of Civil Government.) mindaz, mit szövetségok rájok kényszeríthet. Szabad...
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Two Treatises on Civil Government: Preceded by Sir Robert Filmer

John Locke - Liberty - 1884 - 332 pages
...estates, which I call by the general name — property. 124. The great and chief end, therefore, of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves...the state of Nature there are many things wanting. Firstly, There wants an established, settled, known law, received and allowed by common consent to...
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Two Treatises on Civil Government: Preceded by Sir Robert Filmer

John Locke - Liberty - 1884 - 328 pages
...estates, which I call , by the general name—property. 124. The great and chief end, therefore, of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves...is the preservation of their property; to which in _ the state of Nature there are many things wanting. , . Firstly, There wants an established, settled,...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 27

English periodicals - 1890 - 1148 pages
...public good ' (§ 3). ' Government has no other end than the preservation of property ' (§ 94). ' The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting...under government is the preservation of their property ' (§ 124). (in the presumable absence of chairs), this earliest example of a constituent assembly...
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Darwin and Hegel: With Other Philosophical Studies

David George Ritchie - Philosophy - 1893 - 312 pages
...or precepts of political practice. DH N VI. LOCKE'S THEORY OF PROPERTY.1 " THE great and chief end of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves...government is the preservation of their property." This opinion of Locke may to some readers appear to express, with an air of unintended satire, the...
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The State & the Individual: An Introduction to Political Science, with ...

William Sharp McKechnie - Individualism - 1896 - 476 pages
...according as we define the objects to be secured. Thus, according to Locke,2 " the great and chief end of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves...government is the preservation of their property." Von Humboldt 8 lays down the principle, " that the maintenance of security, as well with regard to...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 7

David Josiah Brewer - English essays - 1900 - 468 pages
...mutual preservation of their lives, liberties, and estates, which I call by the general name, Property. The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting...the state of nature there are many things wanting. Firstly, there wants an established, settled, known law, received and allowed by common consent to...
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Social Justice: A Critical Essay

Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Justice - 1900 - 414 pages
...man properly has over himself. Thus Locke is able to say, " The great and chief end therefore of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves...government, is the preservation of their property." ' The right of ownership which one has over himself Locke, of course, derives directly from natural...
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Social Justice: A Critical Essay

Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Justice - 1900 - 414 pages
...man properly has over himself. Thus Locke is able to say, " The great and chief end therefore of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property."1 The right of ownership which one has over himself Locke, of course, derives directly from...
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International Monthly: A Magazine of Contemporary Thought, Volume 1

Frederick Albert Richardson - 1900 - 728 pages
...circumstances here described, Locke's general surmise is accurate enough, that " the great and chief end of men uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property3 " ; and when confined solely to defensive operations, Spencer's suggestion also becomes pertinent...
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