The only way whereby any one divests himself of his Natural Liberty, and puts on the bonds of Civil Society, is by agreeing with other Men to joyn and unite into a Community, for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their Properties, and a greater Security against any that are not of it.
— John Locke Early Modern

Empiricism, natural rights

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Two Treatises of Government

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1689

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm

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