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" Therefore before the names of just, and unjust can have place, there must be ' some coercive power, to compel men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their... "
French and English Philosophers: Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire, Hobbes: With ... - Page 418
by René Descartes - 1910 - 434 pages
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...-^ is the constant will of giving to every man his won. And therefore where there is no own, that is no propriety, there is no injustice ; and where there...
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...justice is the constant will of giving to every man his ovm. And therefore where there is no own, that is no propriety, there is no injustice ; and where there...
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 744 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...definition of justice in the Schools : for they say, t\iat justice is the constant will of giving to every man his own. And therefore where there is no...
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Leviathan; Or, The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical ...

Thomas Hobbes - 1886 - 328 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...acquire, in recompense of the universal right they i abandon : and such power there is none before the erection of a commonwealth. And this is also to...
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The Philosophy of Hobbes in Extracts and Notes Collated from His Writings

Thomas Hobbes - 1903 - 444 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant...such power there is none before the erection of a commonwealth.1 And this is also to be gathered out of the ordinary definition of justice in the Schools...
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Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy ...

1908 - 768 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant;...definition of justice in the Schools: for they say, that fustice is the constant will of giving to every man his own. And therefore where there is no own, that...
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Proceedings of the ... American Peace Congress, Volume 3

1911 - 564 pages
...place there must be some coercive power to compel men equally to the performance of their covenants; and such power there is none before the erection of a Commonwealth." For two reasons, then, the social compact, the sovereign commonwealth, is a precedent condition of...
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Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy ...

Benjamin Rand - 1924 - 924 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant;...Schools: for they say, that justice is the constant -¿ill oj giving to every man his own. And therefore where there is no emit, that is no propriety,...
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Antirevolutionaire staatkunde: driemaandelijksch orgaan van de Dr ..., Volume 1

1927 - 420 pages
...unjust can have place, there must be some coercive power, to compel men equally, to the performance of their covenant; and to make good that propriety, which by mutual contract men acquire, in recompence of the universal right they abandon: and such power there is none before the erection of...
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Philosophers Speak for Themselves: From Descartes to Locke

Thomas Vernor Smith, Marjorie Grene - 1956 - 488 pages
...men equally to the performance of their covenants, by the terror of some punishment, greater than the benefit they expect by the breach of their covenant;...definition of justice in the Schools: for they say, thAi justice is the constant will of giving to every man his own. And therefore where there is no own,...
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