John locke quotes on social contract

The only thing we are naturally afraid of is pain, or loss of pleasure.

John locke social contract

Leave a comment. When the governor, however intitled, makes not the law, but his will, the rule; and his commands and actions are not directed to the preservation of the properties of his people, but the satisfaction of his own ambition, revenge, covetousness, or any other irregular passion. TO understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss. Authority control : WorldCat search. The Reasonableness of Christianity [ edit ]. Quotes [ edit ]. I therefore took it into my hands with all the expectation and read it through with all the attention due to a Treaties, that made such a noise at its coming abroad and cannot but confess my self mightily surprised, that in a Book which was to provide Chains for all Mankind, I should find nothing but a Rope of Sand, useful perhaps to such, whose Skill and Business it is to raise a Dust, and would blind the People, the better to mislead them, but in truth is not of any force to draw those into Bondage, who have their Eyes open, and so much Sense about them as to consider, that Chains are but an Ill wearing, how much Care soever hath been taken to file and polish them.

He that will have his son have a respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. Besides the crime which consists in violating the law, and varying from the right rule of reason, whereby a man so far becomes degenerate, and declares himself to quit the principles of human nature, and to be a noxious creature, there is commonly injury done to some person or other, and some other man receives damage by his transgression: in which case he who hath received any damage, has, besides the right of punishment common to him with other men, a particular right to seek reparation from him that has done it: and any other person, who finds it just, may also join with him that is injured, and assist him in recovering from the offender so much as may make satisfaction for the harm he has suffered.

Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct. A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world. What is Fear? It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind as well as those of the body to their perfection. Hope can be neither affirmed nor denied. Join Goodreads.

Page Discussion. The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom: for in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. Categories Authors Books Movies Series. Hope is like a path in the countryside: originally there was no path — yet, as people are walking all the time in the same spot, a way appears.

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John locke quotes about self

The only fence against the world, is a thorough knowledge of it. We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of any thing, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. John Locke. Of Words, Chapter X. Follow Bookroo.