Dryden's SatireMacmillan, 1966 - 182 pages |
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Page xxiii
... Nature ' in which , according to Hobbes's myth , men originally lived . Natural man is completely selfish and by the ' Right of Nature ' is entitled to use any means to preserve his own life and seize what he wants ' by force or fraud ...
... Nature ' in which , according to Hobbes's myth , men originally lived . Natural man is completely selfish and by the ' Right of Nature ' is entitled to use any means to preserve his own life and seize what he wants ' by force or fraud ...
Page xxiv
... Nature , but our desire to honour him with such names as we conceive most honourable amongst ourselves . Thus the sovereign has an absolute right to determine what doctrines shall be believed , and there can be no conflict between the ...
... Nature , but our desire to honour him with such names as we conceive most honourable amongst ourselves . Thus the sovereign has an absolute right to determine what doctrines shall be believed , and there can be no conflict between the ...
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... Nature did what was by Law requir'd , They , who the written Rule had never known , Were to themselves both Rule and Law alone : To Nature's plain indictment they shall plead , And by their Conscience be condemn'd or freed . Most ...
... Nature did what was by Law requir'd , They , who the written Rule had never known , Were to themselves both Rule and Law alone : To Nature's plain indictment they shall plead , And by their Conscience be condemn'd or freed . Most ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO Absalom | xlvii |
TIME CHART | lv |
Copyright | |
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