The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations |
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... allowed by the law of nature , not absolutely , but according to a certain state of affairs . Thus , by the law of nature , before property was intro- duced , every one had a right to the use of whatever he found unoccupied ; and ...
... allowed by the law of nature , not absolutely , but according to a certain state of affairs . Thus , by the law of nature , before property was intro- duced , every one had a right to the use of whatever he found unoccupied ; and ...
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... allowed to eat the flesh of a beast , that had died a natural death ; yet the strangers living among them were permitted . Deut . xiv . 21. Except in some particular laws , where it was expressly said , that strangers no less than the ...
... allowed to eat the flesh of a beast , that had died a natural death ; yet the strangers living among them were permitted . Deut . xiv . 21. Except in some particular laws , where it was expressly said , that strangers no less than the ...
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... allowed by nature for every one to give the prefer- ence to himself before another in the enjoyment of life and necessaries , yet she does not permit us to increase our means and riches by the spoils of others . " It is not therefore ...
... allowed by nature for every one to give the prefer- ence to himself before another in the enjoyment of life and necessaries , yet she does not permit us to increase our means and riches by the spoils of others . " It is not therefore ...
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... allowed and laudable . He proceeds , reason has taught this to the learned , necessity to the barbarians , custom to nations , and nature herself to wild beasts , to use every possible means of repelling force offered to their bodies ...
... allowed and laudable . He proceeds , reason has taught this to the learned , necessity to the barbarians , custom to nations , and nature herself to wild beasts , to use every possible means of repelling force offered to their bodies ...
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... allowed the same powers . Nor do we find that those kings or nations were forewarned by the Prophets , that the use of capital punishments , and that all wars , were condemned by God in the same manner as they were admonished of all ...
... allowed the same powers . Nor do we find that those kings or nations were forewarned by the Prophets , that the use of capital punishments , and that all wars , were condemned by God in the same manner as they were admonished of all ...
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Page 28 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Page 44 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 39 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Page 43 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 88 - All these things, so long as they remain in possession, every man has a right to enjoy without disturbance ; but if once they escape from his custody, or he voluntarily abandons the use of them, they return to the common stock, and any man else has an equal right to seize and enjoy them afterwards.
Page 16 - Both for this reason and for others, it would be useful, and indeed it is almost necessary, that certain Congresses of Christian Powers should be held, in which the controversies which arise among some of them may be decided by others who are not interested ; and in which measures may be taken to compel the parties to accept peace on equitable terms.
Page 102 - Implied are such as reason and justice dictate, and which therefore the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform...
Page 5 - But at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries, they were so abundant that their insincerity can scarcely be doubted.
Page 29 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 63 - Wrongs are divisible into two sorts or species: private wrongs and public wrongs. The former are an infringement or privation of the private or civil rights belonging to individuals, considered as individuals ; and are thereupon frequently termed civil injuries; the latter are a breach and violation of public rights and duties, which affect the whole community, considered as a community ; and are distinguished by the harsher appellation of crimes and misdemeanors.