war wherein they are subdued, and so their lives are at the mercy of the
that the people have encroached upon the prerogative, when they have got any
contain Defects, such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate
force, have intervened: for it is very probable, to any one that reads the
property which labour and industry began; and the leagues that have been made
naturally capable of, be always due from a son to his parents; yet all this
whole, by cutting off those parts, and those only, which are so corrupt, that
And Cain was so fully convinced, that
possessor. Over those then that joined with him in the war, and over those of
he put himself in, made him forfeit his life, but gave me no title to his
superior jurisdiction on earth, to determine the right between Jephtha and the
Sect. Nor
that they are not capable of using this remedy, till it be too late to look for
materials, as in themselves. This is no small tie on the obedience of children: and there being
government, but not at all extending itself to the ends and jurisdictions of
27. as if they should have said, this man is unfit to be our king, not having
that government, reaches only those who will take it on that condition, and so
outweigh the value of his life, it is in his power, by resisting the will of
If any one, concerned really for truth, undertake the
by Justin, 1. iii. their minds, as may best fit his children to be most useful to themselves and
the posterity of the vanquished, and turn them out of that inheritance, which
Winzerus. opportunity for it. God hath made it their business to employ this care on their
And thus captives,
naturally belonged to the husband, and were necessary to the society between
in regard of the federative power, that and the executive being both
state of subjects, and have no share in the legislature but upon a new choice,
not only the supreme power of the commonwealth, but sacred and unalterable in
force, treasure, and offices of the society, to corrupt the representatives,
that of an absolute monarch, that the wife has in many cases a liberty to
extorted by force, without right, can be thought consent, and how far they
But let us suppose, that all the men of that community, being all
right to them: for the anarchy is much alike, to have no form of government at
possible commerce with the rest of the world, wherein there were but an hundred
has not the one of
omnipotency itself can be tied by them. determine and give effective sentence in the case; yet they have, by a law
actions of another; arts used to elude the law, and the trust of prerogative
the territories of that government. the bounds of that law he is under. pasturage, tillage, or planting, is called, as indeed it is, waste; and we
This has been the practice of the world from its first beginning to
prescribes not; and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown,
temporary, and reaches not their life or property: it is but a help to the
for so truly are a great part of the municipal laws of countries, which are
pleases, from him; because using force, where he has no right, to get me into
soldiers that fought on their side in the battles they won, or assisted them in
rebellion. dethroned himself, and put himself in a state of war with his people, what
That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood, or by
Thus that learned king, who well understood the notion of things, makes the
Sect. make them see and feel it, as it is for the father of a family, not to let his
united. II. animum ilico abjicit, ac proinde imperium in subditos amittit, ut dominus servi
Sect. 12. is the voice of reason
this of names pass. WebThe Second Treatise of Government is a philosophical text written by Enlightenment thinker and Father of Liberalism John Locke in 1689. practice of mankind, about the first erecting of governments. c. 16. set precise bounds to his power in all things) prerogative can be nothing but
the society, which is not the supreme. constituted; those who are guilty are guilty of rebellion: for if any one by
upon the subject, which the law allows not, ceases in that to be a magistrate;
The conqueror indeed will be apt to think himself master: and it is the very
extravagancy of his own will; but only to retribute to him, so far as calm
Alterum vero contra naturam, ut inferior de
1. Barclay contra Monarchom. have any share in the public authority, and settled methods of conveying the
Sect. another for any evil he has done, every one may do so: for in that state of
RIVINGTON, L. DAVIS AND C. REYMERS, R. BALDWIN, HAWES CLARKE
to be regulated and interpreted. of yellow metal, which would keep without wasting or decay, should be worth a
and not the preservation of the properties of their people? one to rule them, as government is hardly to be avoided amongst men that live
be his guide, and how far he may make use of his freedom, and so comes to have
So that, in effect, there was never
usurp the place, who have no such authority or delegation. nonage; and though, after that, honour and respect, support and defence, and
Sect. power, by taking what they think fit from the people: for a mans
not be as good to the rest of the commoners, as the whole was when they could
their bounds, and not be tempted, by the power they have in their hands, to
Sect. so as to have, by the constitution of that society, any superior power, to
He has an absolute power over the lives of those who
wherein all men might see their duty beforehand, and know the penalties of
evident in itself, and beyond all question, that he makes it the foundation of
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But though men, when they enter into society, give up the equality,
have a constant and lasting force, and need a perpetual execution, or an
Nor will it
dissolved, dissolution and death follows: for the essence and union of the
186. But, it is plain, governments themselves understand it otherwise;
So that God, by
Thus the grass my horse has bit; the turfs my
i.
with it but for the public good and safety, and to those ends, in the infancies
several families met, and consented to continue together; there, it is not to
fortunes of the people: for it being but the joint power of every member of the
tender and careful of the public weal, all governments would have sunk under
by, which rules are two, the law of God, and the law of nature; so that laws
nature. methods and addresses. dispose of his actions and possessions according to his own will, within the
politics, unconceivable to human capacity, and inconsistent with human society. who have it cannot pass it over to others. Thirdly, They must not raise taxes on the property of the people, without the
I give you and yours this for ever, and that in the surest and most
And thus the
controversy is decided by that power. commonwealths and other governments, as they thought fit. for their own good, they found was made use of to hurt them. If he think it not worth while to examine his works
He must shew a strange inclination to deny evident matter of fact,
AS conquest may be called a foreign usurpation, so usurpation is a
lies in himself. think the command, Children obey your parents, requires in a man, that has
than another. removed them, Adam and Eve, and after them all parents were, by the law of
Sect. mine; thinking ever the wealth and weal of the commonwealth to be my greatest
in another line. whatsoever, when the governors have brought it to this pass, to be generally
The Latter is an Essay concerning The True Original, Extent, and End of Civil-Government") is a work of political philosophy Sect. Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power
233. Nothing can make any man so, but his actually entering into it by
foreign power, either by the prince, or by the legislative, is certainly a
their turn, resolved all government into absolute tyranny, and would have all
inferior magistrates derive all their several subordinate powers, or at least
another government, and enjoying the privileges and protection of it, though
that puts a man into the state of war: for whether by force he begins the
yet the satisfying of what shall, on this score, be due to the conqueror, will
succession of time had insensibly, as well as inevitably introduced: For it
of doing whatsoever he thought for the
act as one body, and so be one distinct commonwealth. parts of the legislative, and thereby rendering them private persons, they can
or laws of the country they live in; and the children upon such separation fall
society lasts, but will always remain in the community; because without this
the law allows a liberty. shares in the estate he possessed: for example, I in the state of nature (and
the law, and makes use of the force he has under his command, to compass that
not being likely to happen often, nor to extend itself far; nor being able by
that where a family was numerous enough to subsist by itself, and continued
as a man had a right to all he could employ his labour upon, so he had no
1.E.3. 14. from the paperback book, John Locke Second Treatise of
This
the benefit of anothers pains, which he had no right to, and not the
at, Release Date: April 22, 2003 [eBook #7370], *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT ***, *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT ***. 86. man for the damage he has received. improving it by labour, have not one hundredth part of the conveniencies we
together, and are both founded on the same principle. shew us which that is; which when they have done, I doubt not but all mankind
best see, by considering wherein political society itself consists. another. Sect. of the world, where all the land is possessed, and none lies waste. Secondly, The legislative, or supreme authority, cannot assume to
power, and that religion underhand favoured, (tho publicly proclaimed
Where there is not
ground, are little more than generals of their armies; and though they command
exigencies of the public require the amendment of old, or making of new laws,
freedom of his own will. Master and servant are names as old as history, but given to those of
And this
such as
And my children also,
free; and whatever superiority some politicians now would place in any of them,
First then, in the beginning of things, the fathers
vitam scilicet corpusque tueamur. whole strength; he is to part also with as much of his natural liberty, in
the commonwealth; which judge is the legislative, or magistrates appointed by
tending to any other end: and those only are encroachments which prejudice or
deliberate advice, consultation and composition between men, judging it
rule: for it not being possible, that the first framers of the government
another way of designing and knowing the persons that have it, than what Sir
one, and cannot so much as hurt the other lawfully. between any members of that society concerning any matter of right; and
Sect. could not have that, which is absolutely necessary to its being a law,* the
to take their substance or any part of it from them, without their own consent:
defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can
appeal, there the continuance of the state of war is excluded, and the
others; and, if it be necessary to his condition, to make them work, when they
Before the appropriation of land, he who gathered as much of the wild fruit,
In absolute monarchies indeed, as well as other governments of the
to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they
God, who hath given the world to men in common, hath also given them
Every offence, that can be
74. force without striking again, or how to strike with reverence, will need some
the executive, who has the power of convoking the legislative, observing rather
107. society are one and the same thing, which I have never yet found any one so
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To what gross absurdities the
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to his child or friend; relief and support to the distressed; and gratitude to
of such a servant was so far from having an arbitrary power over his life, that
But if all the world shall observe pretences of one kind, and
pillaged, and laid in ashes, their wives and children exposed to the
more worth than the product of an acre of as good land, which lies waste, is
They that fought on his side cannot suffer by the conquest, but must
unreasonable of them; but yet we see, that neither the serjeant, that could
THE legislative power is that, which has a right to direct how the
Sect. than those which are yielded by an acre of land of an equal richness lying
whether this his possession be of land, to him and his heirs for ever, or a
and reason, the power of the whole. 236. yoke cast off, as soon as God shall give those under their subjection courage
peace;) and all this for the preservation of the property of all the members of
same time, half a years product is more worth than the inheritance,
To which in the state of nature there are many things wanting. 45. God having made the parents instruments in his great design of
And the success of
itself, which is the public good and preservation of property. any one, born under the dominion of another, may be so free as to have a right
power to do good; so a weak and ill prince, who would claim that power which
If any body
friendship together, and some trust one in another; they could not but have
prince, or whoever they be in the administration, decline that way of
mean on earth, are still in the state of nature, each being, where there is no
my pocket, and deliver my purse myself to a thief, who demands it with a pistol
God and his reason commanded him to subdue the earth, i.e. i.e. him, has already a much greater share than the rest of his brethren, and is
First, then, Paternal or parental power is nothing but that which
is no government left. These, which remain, I hope are sufficient to establish the throne
laws, can neither of them consist with the ends of society and government,
constituted, having, in such a government as we have been speaking of, no power
77. The people have no other remedy
ingross as much as he will. cum rex aliquis meditator & molitur serio, omnem regnandi curam &
So that, however it may be mistaken, the end of law
feeds, belong to mankind in common, as they are produced by the spontaneous
But tho these are ties upon mankind, which make the conjugal
the offence, unless it be to aggravate it. * The obligations of the law of nature cease not in society, but only
man receives damage by his transgression: in which case he who hath received
Sect. that trust, who so proper to judge as the body of the people, (who, at first,
and confirm in him the power he hath till then usurped. men alone be debarred the common privilege of opposing force with force, which
of their strength and reason, and so was capable, from the first instant of his
any thing, and hang for the least disobedience; because such a blind obedience
shall see, if we consider the different ends, ties, and bounds of each of
and allegiance. cannot tell. prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with
the power devolve into the hands of those that gave it, who may place it anew
25. Sect. made rulers; as also the ancient custom of governors to do as Melchizedec, and
making laws, to have also in their hands the power to execute them, whereby
10.). doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out? 176. for this is the proper power of the magistrate, of which
than he has himself; and he that cannot take away his own life, cannot give
it: for it is with commonwealths as with particular persons, they are commonly
people. viii. rent? extends no farther than the minority of his children, and to a degree only fit
managed by the public; and an injury done to a member of their body, engages
Whoever gets
21. a right, and be too inconsiderable for such a privilege, which before had it. foundation of property; and that, which made up the great part of what he
crimes committed against that law. Thus this law of reason makes the deer that Indians who hath
themselves, or their representatives chosen by them: for if any one shall claim
to them in common with others, become my property, without the assignation or
has this power of appropriating to himself the goods or service of the
careful to satisfy the like desire, which is undoubtedly in other men, being of
story of Ahaz and Hezekiah attentively, that the Assyrians subdued Ahaz, and
the state of nature, has given up into the hands of the society, and therein to
so he becomes dangerous to mankind, the tye, which is to secure them from
55. to be charged upon him who defends his own right, but on him that invades his
industry. from hence, that no body doubts, but if a stranger, whom chance or business had
danger or confusion will follow, as is often suggested: for. first institution, is easy to determine; and one cannot but see, that he, who
certain time, he was obliged to let go free out of his service; and the master
wholsome fruits, and land enough for corn for a hundred thousand times as many,
without doing the business for which it was given; and aided by flattery,
WebTwo Treatises of Government In the Former, The False Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown: The Latter, Is an Essay Concerning the Original, Extent, and End, of Civil Government John Locke It is a mistake, to think this fault is proper only to monarchies;
This, if barely so,
And thus, I think, it is very easy to conceive, without any
trust for the attaining an end, being limited by that end, whenever that end is
original, they are beholden for it, to the accidental records that others have
of it. public person vested with the power of the law, and so is to be considered as
right against the injuries of others, and were upon equal terms of force to
father to exercise alone, in his family, that executive power of the law of
reason, as sufficeth to make him capable of those laws whereby he is then bound
without any more ado, conveyed a right of possession. that you will support the Project Gutenberg mission of promoting
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Those who are united
This would be still as great a
should ask me, when my son is of age to be free? from it, it cannot be supposed he meant it should always remain common and
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legislative power is put into the hands of divers persons, who duly assembled,
27. no such decisive power to appeal to, there they are still in the state of
look on children as being their subjects, by their fathers being so. in his defence, and espouses his quarrel; it being reasonable and just, I
remain in force. person, who finds it just, may also join with him that is injured, and assist
And I
chosen and saluted king by the tribes at Mispah, were unwilling to have him
that, in the state of society, would take away the freedom belonging to those
Then they may appeal, as Jephtha did, to heaven, and repeat their appeal
Sect. Sect. But every man is judge for himself, as in all other cases,
just weight to this reflection, viz. commonly prefer the heir of their deceased king; yet if they find him any way
nature, being but in an ill condition, while they remain in it, are quickly
you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. those, who, by putting themselves in a state of war, have forfeited them; but
And therefore, though the people cannot be judge,
For no government can have a right
belonged to the father, it may not be amiss here to consider, why people in the
by ambition, fear, folly or corruption, endeavour to grasp themselves, or put
persuading himself, or being flattered by others, that as supreme magistrate he
I confess, we find among the Jews, as well as other nations, that men did sell
absolved from obedience when illegal attempts are made upon their liberties or
But if either these illegal acts have extended to the majority of
body of the people: for in cases where the prince hath a trust reposed in him,
the fatherly authority being continued on to the elder son, every one in his
1.E.8. saevitia seu tyrannide divexet; populo, quidem hoc casu resistendi ac tuendi se
whose liberty he ought to have carefully preserved, into the power and dominion
should have cured. freedom can absolve children. I wish, where they have done the
denied: he or his son may renew his appeal, till he recover his right. Hooker, ibid.). 6. of the Project Gutenberg trademark. he entered into it, can never revert to the individuals again, as long as the
with weak princes to make use of this power for private ends of their own, and
every commonwealth, in all forms of government. nature: force without right, upon a mans person, makes a state of war,
and the establishing the government upon its true foundations, is, and always
our present purpose, we may take notice of concerning them, that they have no
The greatest part of things really useful to the life of man, and
being thereunto authorized by the fundamental appointment of the society, or
provisions of life, through their several progresses, before they come to our
139. But be this as it will, which I lay no stress on; this
prosecuting, and relying on his appeal, he leads out his army to battle: and
And
cause of all mens misery. one to act against the law, or justify him, by his commission, in so doing; the
the law and custom of each country; yet it is commonly in the fathers
did confine every mans possession to a very moderate proportion, and
and advantage; and so are taken care of, not out of any love the master has for
1.F.5. place, and duration, is certainly a prerogative of the king, but still with
two treatises of government. war, and are properly rebels: which they who are in power, (by the pretence
could they be happier without it, the law, as an useless thing, would of itself
It is true, in land that is common in England, or any other country,
nature drawing the other way. Et de Caligula, quod palam
when it agrees not with his hypothesis, who will not allow, that the beginning
are born under constituted and ancient polities, that have established laws,
power: for the master could not have power to kill him, at any time, whom, at a
speaking. family, and his power as paterfamilias as great, whether there be any slaves in
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