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Page xvi
... lives and serves his master , and life is action . But he is also a possession [ and therefore the agent of another ] ; for he is intended by nature to belong to his master , though separable from him . He may be defined , a human being ...
... lives and serves his master , and life is action . But he is also a possession [ and therefore the agent of another ] ; for he is intended by nature to belong to his master , though separable from him . He may be defined , a human being ...
Page xxv
... live - stock , tillage , planting , the keeping of bees , fish , poultry — all these are legitimate . The illegitimate are 1 ) commerce , of which there are three subdivisions , commerce by land , commerce by sea , and selling in shops ...
... live - stock , tillage , planting , the keeping of bees , fish , poultry — all these are legitimate . The illegitimate are 1 ) commerce , of which there are three subdivisions , commerce by land , commerce by sea , and selling in shops ...
Page xxix
... live in the same place . But should they have all things in common , as in the Republic of Plato , or some things only and others not ? Which is better - the communism of the Republic , or the prevailing custom ? Plato believed that the ...
... live in the same place . But should they have all things in common , as in the Republic of Plato , or some things only and others not ? Which is better - the communism of the Republic , or the prevailing custom ? Plato believed that the ...
Page xxxii
... live temperately ' - meaning ' to live well . ' Yet a man may live temperately but miserably . He should have said enough to live temperately and liberally . ' 4 ) If he equalises property , he should limit population ; he fancies that ...
... live temperately ' - meaning ' to live well . ' Yet a man may live temperately but miserably . He should have said enough to live temperately and liberally . ' 4 ) If he equalises property , he should limit population ; he fancies that ...
Page xxxix
... live . Yet mere equality of property , even if it could be maintained , would not always content them . For all men cannot be reduced to the same dead level , even if there were enough for all . The ambitious will still commit crimes on ...
... live . Yet mere equality of property , even if it could be maintained , would not always content them . For all men cannot be reduced to the same dead level , even if there were enough for all . The ambitious will still commit crimes on ...
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