Great Books of the Western World, 38. köideRobert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 |
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... prince's will is the law , though the prince were wise , yet how could the magistrate follow a will he does not know ? He must certainly follow his own . Again , as the law is only the prince's will , and as the prince can only will ...
... prince's will is the law , though the prince were wise , yet how could the magistrate follow a will he does not know ? He must certainly follow his own . Again , as the law is only the prince's will , and as the prince can only will ...
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... prince's judgment , or doubted the merit of such as he had chosen for a public office , should be prosecuted as guilty of sacrilege . Surely it was the cabinet council and the prince's favourites who in- vented that crime . By another ...
... prince's judgment , or doubted the merit of such as he had chosen for a public office , should be prosecuted as guilty of sacrilege . Surely it was the cabinet council and the prince's favourites who in- vented that crime . By another ...
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... prince's interest would indeed be that it should be powerful , in order that its power , being his own , might make him for- midable to his neighbours ; but , this interest being merely secondary and subordinate , and strength being ...
... prince's interest would indeed be that it should be powerful , in order that its power , being his own , might make him for- midable to his neighbours ; but , this interest being merely secondary and subordinate , and strength being ...
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Different Character of the Laws of the Several | 1 |
That the Law of Polygamy Is an Affair That | 4 |
In What Governments the Sovereign May | 5 |
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