...way whereby any one divefts himfelf of his natural liberty, and puts on the bonds of civil fociety, is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community, for their comfortable, fafe, and peaceable living one amongft another, in a fecure enjoyment of their properties, and a greater...

...political Power of another, without his own Confent. The only Way, whereby any one divefts himfelf of his natural Liberty, and puts on the Bonds of Civil...Society, is by agreeing with other Men to join and unite in a Community, for their comfortable, fafe, and peaceable Living one among another, • in a fecure...

...way, whereby anyone divefts himfelf of his natural liberty and puts on the bonds of civil fociety, is by agreeing with other men, to join and unite into a community, for their comfortable, fate, and peaceable living one amongft ano* Locke of civil Government, p. 194. ther, in a fecure enjoyment...

...wherehy any one divests himself of his natural liherty, and pnti on the honds of civil society, is hv agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community, for their comforiahle, safe, and peaceahle living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their properties,...

...earthly power but only his own consent."* " Men being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate,...to the political power of another without his own consent."f Compelled by his theory, Locke affirms that every one actually, though tacitly, gives his...

...Of the beginning of Political Societies'). He says that " men being by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate...political power of another without his own consent" By can he does not mean to say that it may not happen that one man shall be subjected to the political...

...institutions for carrying out those laws, even the state itself, rests. " The only way," says Locke/ " whereby any one divests himself " of his natural liberty,...is by agreeing with " other men to join and unite in one com" munity." And again, " every man being, Civil Government, Chap. VIII. " as he has been born,...

...which he gives to the state of nature, which the political state supersedes- ' The only way (he says) whereby any one divests himself of his natural liberty,...of civil society, is by agreeing with other men to (i08) L.ofN. and N. vii. 2, § 7, 8; and see the definition of a state, § 13. This work of Puffendorf...

...' Of the beginning of Political Societies'). He says that "men being by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate...political power of another without his own consent." By can he does not mean to say that it may not happen that one man shall be subjected to the political...

...afterwards expanded by Rousseau in his " Contrat Social." Man, being by nature free and equal, no one can be subjected to the political power of another, without...other men to join and unite into a community for their safe living in a secure enjoyment of their properties. This any number of men may do ; because it does...