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A56258 The whole duty of man according to the law of nature by that famous civilian Samuel Puffendorf ... ; now made english.; De officio hominis et civis. English Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694. 1691 (1691) Wing P4182; ESTC R17921 151,736 377

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trust_n in_o order_n to_o cohabitation_n in_o the_o family_n between_o the_o victor_n and_o the_o vanquish_a person_n all_o past_a hostility_n be_v to_o be_v account_v as_o forgive_v and_o then_o the_o master_n do_v wrong_a even_o to_o a_o servant_n thus_o acquire_v if_o he_o allow_v he_o not_o necessary_n for_o life_n or_o exercise_v cruelty_n to_o he_o without_o cause_n and_o much_o more_o if_o he_o take_v ●o_o way_n his_o life_n when_o he_o have_v commit_v no_o fault_n to_o deserve_v it_o it_o be_v also_o the_o practice_n to_o pace_v away_o on_o alienable_n v._o alienable_n property_n in_o such_o slave_n who_o be_v take_v in_o war_n or_o buy_v with_o our_o money_n to_o when_o we_o please_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o we_o do_v our_o other_o good_n and_o commodity_n so_o that_o the_o body_n of_o such_o servant_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v a_o chattel_n of_o his_o master_n and_o i_o yet_o here_o humanity_n bid_v we_o not_o to_o forget_v that_o this_o servant_n be_v a_o man_n however_o and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v treat_v as_o we_o do_v our_o movable_n use_v they_o or_o abuse_v they_o o●_n destroy_v they_o as_o willist_n and_o when_o we_o all_o mind_a to_o part_v with_o he_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o deliver_v he_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o as_o we_o know_v will_v abuse_v he_o inhumane_o and_o undeserved_o last_o it_o be_v every_o where_o allow_v that_o slave_n vi_o offspring_n of_o slave_n the_o progeny_n of_o parent_n who_o be_v bondman_n be_v also_o in_o a_o servile_a state_n and_o belong_v 〈◊〉_d slave_n to_o the_o owner_n of_o their_o mother_n which_o be_v justify_v by_o this_o argument_n that_o whosoever_o be_v proprietor_n of_o the_o body_n be_v also_o proprietor_n of_o whatsoever_o be_v the_o product_n thereof_o and_o because_o such_o issue_n have_v never_o be_v bear_v if_o the_o master_n have_v execute_v the_o rigour_n of_o war_n upon_o the_o parent_n and_o for_o that_o the_o parent_n have_v nothing_o she_o can_v call_v she_o own_o 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duty_n of_o which_o we_o have_v already_o discourse_v it_o remain_v nevertheless_o that_o we_o inquire_v into_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n not_o content_v themselves_o with_o those_o primitive_a and_o small_a society_n have_v found_v such_o as_o be_v more_o ample_n call_v community_n for_o from_o these_o ground_n and_o foundation_n be_v to_o be_v deduce_v the_o reason_n of_o those_o duty_n which_o mere_o relate_v to_o this_o civil_a state_n of_o mankind_n here_o therefore_o it_o suffice_v not_o to_o say_v herein_o ii_o difficulty_n herein_o that_o man_n be_v by_o nature_n incline_v to_o civil_a society_n so_o as_o he_o neither_o can_v nor_o will_v live_v without_o it_o for_o since_o indeed_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o man_n be_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o creature_n as_o have_v a_o most_o tender_a affection_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o own_o good_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o when_o he_o so_o earnest_o seek_v after_o civil_a society_n he_o respect_v some_o particular_a advantage_n that_o will_v accrue_v to_o he_o thence_o and_o although_o without_o society_n with_o his_o fellow-creature_n man_n will_v be_v the_o most_o miserable_a of_o all_o creature_n yet_o since_o the_o natural_a desire_n and_o necessity_n of_o mankind_n may_v be_v abundant_o satisfy_v by_o those_o primitive_a kind_n of_o society_n and_o by_o those_o duty_n to_o which_o we_o be_v oblige_v either_o by_o humanity_n or_o contract_n it_o can_v immediate_o be_v conclude_v from_o this_o natural_a society_n between_o man_n and_o man_n that_o his_o nature_n and_o temper_n do_v direct_o incline_v he_o to_o the_o form_n of_o civil_a community_n which_o will_v more_o evident_o appear_v enquiry_n iii_o twofold_a enquiry_n if_o we_o consider_v what_o condition_n mankind_n be_v place_v in_o by_o the_o constitution_n of_o civil_a community_n what_o be_v require_v that_o he_o may_v be_v true_o say_v to_o be_v a_o political_n animal_n or_o good_a patriot_n and_o subject_a and_o last_o what_o aversion_n may_v be_v discover_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o live_v in_o such_o civil_a community_n whosoever_o become_v a_o subject_a state_n iu._n natural_a state_n immediate_o lose_v his_o natural_a liberty_n and_o submit_v himself_o to_o some_o authority_n which_o be_v vest_v with_o the_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n and_o by_o the_o command_v of_o which_o many_o thing_n must_v be_v do_v which_o otherwise_o he_o will_v have_v be_v no_o way_n willing_a to_o do_v and_o many_o thing_n must_v be_v let_v alone_o to_o which_o he_o have_v a_o strong_a inclination_n beside_o most_o of_o his_o action_n must_v terminate_v in_o the_o public_a good_a which_o in_o many_o case_n seem_v to_o clash_v with_o private_a man_n advantage_n but_o man_n by_o his_o natural_a inclination_n be_v carry_v to_o this_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o no_o one_o to_o do_v all_o thing_n as_o he_o list_v and_o in_o every_o thing_n to_o consult_v his_o single_a advantage_n but_o we_o call_v he_o a_o political_n animal_n state_n 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