...Declaration of Independence. He describes a state of nature which is first a state of freedom, and then " A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one has more than another, there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and...

...to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave...jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another." Or again, in another passage, which you will see reads like the Declaration of Independence, he proclaims...

...Declaration of Independence. He describes a state of nature which is first a state of freedom, and then " A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one has more than another, there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and...

...Declaration of Independence. He describes a state of nature which is first a state of freedom, and then " A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one has more than another, there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and...

...to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man." " The state of nature has a 8 Dunninp, " Political Theories," Ancient and Mediaeval, 104. 4 Ibid.,...

...to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave...equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is "Leviathan, p. 65. " Hobbes' knowledge of the American Indians was based on the current reports of...

...and mental equality of men. His state of nature was one " wherein all power and jurisdiction is (sic) reciprocal, no one having more than another, there...more evident than that creatures of the same species should be equal one amongst another, without subordination or subjection." His language throughout...

...dispose of their possessions and persons as they see fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, * * * a state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction Is reciprocal; there being nothiop more evident than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born...

...to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave...any other man. A state also of equality, wherein all power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another, there being nothing more evident...

..."what state all men are naturally in"; he argues that this is not only "a state of perfect freedom" but "a state also of equality, wherein all the power and...jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another."1 The connection between natural liberty and natural equality is clear. If men are not equal...