 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...  Leviathan; Or, The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical ... - Page 66by Thomas Hobbes - 1886 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ágost Pulszky - 1888 - 498 pages
...conception of law. Concerning the law of nature, he observes that, " a law of nature 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, . . . and to omit that by which he thiukcth it may be best preserved. . . . These dictates of reason... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1889 - 932 pages
...as his judgment and reason shall dictate to him. A " law of Nature," Itx naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takeih away the means of preserving the same ; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may be best... | |
 | John F. Fenton - 1891 - 90 pages
...necessary articles. These articlesof peace comprise the laws of nature, being "precepts or general rules found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to...that which is destructive of his life, or taketh away themeans of preserving the same, and to omit that by which hethinketh it may best be preserved."3 He... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding - 1894 - 126 pages
...Doctrin auf die Voraussetzung der Existenz eines Naturgesetzes, worunter er versteht: „a precept or general rule, found out by reason , by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." (Lev. Ch. XIV. p. 116—117. Hobbes hätte, beiläufig gesagt, mit eben so viel Recht, weil auf den.)... | |
 | Thomas Hill Green - 1895 - 286 pages
...principles, as the source of the obligatoriness of the covenant of all with all, he defines as a 'precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...same ; and to omit that by which he thinketh it may best be preserved ' (I. 14). When a law of nature, however, is said to command or forbid, we must not... | |
 | Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge - 1897 - 476 pages
...his judgment and reason shall dictate to him. 900 A 'law of Nature,' lex naluralis, is a precept or general rule. found out by reason, by which a man...preserving the same ; and to omit that, by which he thinkcth it may be best preserved. For though they that speak of this subject, use to confound jus... | |
 | Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge - 1897 - 456 pages
...his judgment and reason shall dictate to him. 800 A'law of Nature,' lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving th«» same ; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. For though they that... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1898 - 408 pages
...according to Hobbes, are obligatory upon man as man. " A LAW OF NATURE, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...preserving the same ; and to omit that, by which he 1 Leviathan, Pt. I., chap. XIII. * Ibid., chap. VI. thinketh it may be best preserved."1 We have already... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1899 - 480 pages
...to be the aptest means thereunto. . . . "A Law of Nature (Lex Naturalis) is a Precept, or generall Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." [Jut and Lex, though commonly confounded, must be distinguished ; right is liberty, law a binding rule.]... | |
 | William Galbraith Miller - 1903 - 504 pages
...absence of external impediments " (cf. p. 96, supra). " A LAW OF NATURE, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that speak of this subject use to confound jus and Ux, right and law, yet they ought to be distinguished : because RIGHT consisteth in liberty to do or... | |
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