 The commonwealth seems to me to be a society of men constituted only for the procuring, preserving, and advancing their own civil interests. Civil interest I call life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and the possession of outward things, such...  Critiques and Addresses - Page 14by Thomas Henry Huxley - 1873 - 317 lehteFull view - About this book
 | John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock, Graham Ward - 1999 - 308 lehte
...for the interest of men's souls, and, on the other side, a care of the commonwealth. The commonweahh seems to me to be a society of men constituted only for the procuring, preserving, and advancing of their own civil interests. 32 Locke makes no attempt to bind together, as do Hobbes and Rousseau,... | |
 | Mark W. Janis, Carolyn Maree Evans - 1999 - 544 lehte
...Vol. 6. Thomas Tegg. London. Locke denned 'civil interest' to include 'life, liberty, health . . . and the possession of outward things, such as money, lands, houses, furniture and the \ike.' Id. p. 10. 1 7. For example, feelings about abortion or polygamy are often too powerful to permit... | |
 | Hans Oberdiek - 2001 - 196 lehte
...(1689). The conclusion of the argument is stated as well in his brief Letter concerning Toleration: The commonwealth seems to me to be a society of men...preserving, and advancing their own civil interests. Civil interest I call life, liberty, health, and indolence of body [ie, freedom from pain]; and the possession... | |
 | Jeremy Waldron - 2002 - 280 lehte
...compare the definitions of "church" and "commonwealth" provided in the Letter Concerning Toleration: The Commonwealth seems to me to be a Society of Men...such as Money, Lands, Houses, Furniture, and the like . . . IM us now consider what a Church is. A church, then, I take to be a voluntary Society of Men.... | |
 | Eldon J. Eisenach - 2002 - 254 lehte
...defines the reach of the civil magistrate in terms of man's "civil interests." These interests are "life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and...as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like" (Works 6: 10). With none of the ambiguity about nature's bounty, common property, and limits on acquisition... | |
 | William T. Cavanaugh - 2002 - 124 lehte
...a concernment for the interest of men's souls, and, on the other side, a care of the commonwealth. The commonwealth seems to me to be a society of men...procuring, preserving, and advancing their own civil interests.75 17. Hobbes and Bodin both prefer religious uniformity for reasons of state, but it is... | |
 | Bradley C. S. Watson - 2002 - 240 lehte
...other," Locke distinguishes that which concerns men's souls from that which concerns the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth seems to me to be a society of men...only for the procuring, preserving, and advancing of their own civil interests. Civil interests 1 call, life, liberty, health and indolency of body;... | |
 | John Locke - 2003 - 378 lehte
...a concernment for the interest of men's souls, and, on the other side, a care of the commonwealth. The commonwealth seems to me to be a society of men...preserving, and advancing their own civil interests. Civil interest I call life, liberty, health, and indolency of body ; and the possession of outward things,... | |
 | John E. Crowley - 2001 - 386 lehte
...John Locke, another physician writing at the same time as Barbon, identified "civil interests" with "life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and...as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like." Such possessions, said Locke, were a major good in any "society of men," since governments existed... | |
 | Ingrid Creppell - 2003 - 230 lehte
...Civil interests that were subject to the magistrate's authority were defined as those things such as "Life, Liberty, Health, and Indolency of Body; and...such as Money, Lands, Houses, Furniture and the like" (26). Spiritual or religious authority pertains to the inner self: "All the Life and Power of true... | |
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