 | K.L. Vaux, Sara Anson Vaux, M. Stenberg - 2002 - 276 pages
...distinguishes right and law. A law of nature what. Difference of right and law. A LAW OF NATURE, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason,...of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving ihe same; and to omit that, by which he thinkcth it may be best preserved. For though they that speak... | |
 | William James Bouwsma - 2002 - 328 pages
...conditions the only right implicit in nature would forbid doing "that which is destructive of [one's] life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may best be preserved," for "Right consisteth in liberty to do, Whereas LAW determineth, and bindeth to... | |
 | Quentin Skinner - 2002 - 430 pages
...Leviathan are close, for Hobbes there instructs us that a law of nature 'is a Precept, or generall Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden to do, that, which is destructive of his life'.'38 The need for complete obedience is confirmed in OfLawes with the reflection that any attempt... | |
 | Eldon J. Eisenach - 2002 - 254 pages
...which individuals can in fact carry out the "precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life." On this reading, civil obligation would seem to be conceived when the subject's natural body meets... | |
 | Anton Leist - 2003 - 260 pages
...von dem des Naturrechts streng zu unterscheiden ist: u! c •• „A LAW OF NATURE, (Lex Naturalis,) is a Precept, or general! Rule, found out by Reason,...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." (Lev. XIV, 3) Die Untersuchung der natürlichen Gesetze ist Aufgabe der Moralphilosophie: „[...]... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - 2003 - 452 pages
...constant preservation of life and member, as much as in us lies'.2 Again, 'a law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason,...to omit that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved'.8 In interpreting these definitions we have, of course, to avoid attaching to the word 'law'... | |
 | Frank Columbus - 2001 - 304 pages
...from the Enlightenment who most influenced modern human rights talk, described the law of nature as "a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by...same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may best be preserved."38 If fundamental human rights are not inalienable, if citizens are permitted to... | |
 | Ian Adams, R. W. Dyson - 2003 - 274 pages
...according to certain rational maxims that Hobbes calls 'laws of nature', a law of nature being defined as a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 pages
...left him, according as his judgment and reason shall dictate to him. A law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason,...thinketh it may be best preserved. For though they who speak of this subject, use to confound jus, and lex, right and law ; yet they ought to be distinguished... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - 2004 - 362 pages
...left him according as his judgement and reason shall dictate to him. A law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason,...forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or ia ko! h away the means of preserving the same, and to omit that by which he thinketh it may be best... | |
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A LAW OF NATURE, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may... 
