The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations, Volume 2 |
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... favour , when all appear to agree with what we say , and Cicero maintains that the con- sent of all nations in any case is to be admitted for the law of nature . Seneca is of the same opinion , any thing , says he , appearing the same ...
... favour , when all appear to agree with what we say , and Cicero maintains that the con- sent of all nations in any case is to be admitted for the law of nature . Seneca is of the same opinion , any thing , says he , appearing the same ...
Page 32
... favours it . For the preservation of our lives and persons , which is the end of war , and the possession or acquirement of things necessary and useful to life is most suitable to those principles of nature , and to use force , if ...
... favours it . For the preservation of our lives and persons , which is the end of war , and the possession or acquirement of things necessary and useful to life is most suitable to those principles of nature , and to use force , if ...
Page 54
... favours were not universal ; but limited to times and places , and even the intercessions them- selves were modified with certain exceptions . * * As Grotius has so fully established his argument , it is unneces sary to review his ...
... favours were not universal ; but limited to times and places , and even the intercessions them- selves were modified with certain exceptions . * * As Grotius has so fully established his argument , it is unneces sary to review his ...
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... favour of the contrary opinion . For in the first place the assertion that the constituent always retains a con- troul over the sovereign power , which he has contributed to establish , is only true in those cases where the con ...
... favour of the contrary opinion . For in the first place the assertion that the constituent always retains a con- troul over the sovereign power , which he has contributed to establish , is only true in those cases where the con ...
Page 74
... favour . But they are not the less criminal , when made without just cause . For which rea- son Alexander was not improperly styled a robber by the Scythian ambassadors , as may be seen in Quintus Curtius . Seneca and Lucan give him the ...
... favour . But they are not the less criminal , when made without just cause . For which rea- son Alexander was not improperly styled a robber by the Scythian ambassadors , as may be seen in Quintus Curtius . Seneca and Lucan give him the ...
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