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" These dictates of reason men used, to call by the name of laws, but improperly; for they are but conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves; whereas law, properly, is the word of him that by right hath... "
The British Quarterly Review - Page 184
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...to call by the Phil°«°Phyname of laws, but improperly : for they are but conclusions, or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and...word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...reason, men used to call by the name of laws, but improperly : for they are but conclusions, or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and...word of him, that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 11

Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy - 1845 - 294 pages
...laws of nature, improperly called laws. iii. 147, 253. ii. 49. iv. 109, 285. a law, properly speaking, is the word of him that by right hath command over others. iii. 147. ii. 49: — is a command. iv. 109, 205. vi. 26. the laws of nature, if considered as the...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 13

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...name of lawes, but improperly; for they are but conclusions or théorème! concerning whatconduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves, whereas...; and, in summe, doing to others as they would be dome to," are the prescriptions of nature. With this understanding they are prepared for society. Having...
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Mental and Moral Science: A Compendium of Psychology and Ethics

Alexander Bain - Ethics - 1868 - 898 pages
...SUMMARY. 555 His last remark is, that these dictates of reason are improperly called laws, because ' law, properly, is the word of him that by right hath command over others.' But when considered not as mere conclusions or theorems concerning the means of conservation and defence,...
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Moral Science: A Compendium of Ethics

Alexander Bain - History - 1869 - 348 pages
...fortitude.' His last remark is, that these dictates of reason are improperly called laws, because l law, properly, is the word of him that by right hath command over others.' But when considered not as mere conclusions or theorems concerning the means of conservation and defence,...
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The Law Magazine and Review: For Both Branches of the Legal ..., Volume 3

Law - 1874 - 1178 pages
...nature] men used to call by the name of laws, but improperly, for they are but conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and...word of him that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems as delivered in the word of God that by right commandeth all...
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Leviathan; Or, The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical ...

Thomas Hobbes - Political science - 1886 - 328 pages
...name of laws, but improperly : for they are but conclusions, or theorems concerning what con. duceth to the conservation and defence of themselves; whereas...word of him that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that by right comraandeth...
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Hobbes's Leviathan; Harrington's Ocean; Famous Pamphlets [A.D. 1644 to A.D ...

Thomas Hobbes - Political science - 1889 - 932 pages
...name of laws, but improperly : for they are but conclusions, or theorems concerning what con. dnceth to the conservation and defence of themselves; whereas...word of him that by right hath command over others. But yet if we consider the same theorems, as delivered in the word of God, that by right commandeth...
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Horae Sabbaticae: Reprint of Articles Contributed to the Saturday ..., Volume 2

James Fitzjames Stephen - Literature - 1892 - 440 pages
...reason men used to call by the name of laws, but improperly ; for they are but conclusions or theorems, concerning what conduceth to the conservation and...word of him that by right hath command over others.' The laws of nature are, according to Hobbes, the terms upon which a compromise between the conflicting...
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