 | James Bonar - Economics - 1909 - 440 pages
...private property. " He, who first enclosed a strip of land, and said, ' it is mine,' and found folk simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society" (Intgalitt, part ii.). The social contract which creates the State is perhaps necessary, for men are... | |
 | René Descartes - Philosophy - 1910 - 446 pages
...considering them. first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, " This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, how many wars, how many murders, how many misfortunes... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 470 pages
...SECOND PART THE first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, " This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, how many wars, how many murders, how many misfortunes... | |
 | Oscar Douglas Skelton - Socialism - 1911 - 348 pages
...at worst a necessary 1 "The first man who, having enclosed a plot of ground, took thought to declare "This is mine.' and found people simple enough to...believe him, was the real founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars and murders, how much misery and horror would have been spared the human race... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, Herbert Blumer - Electronic journals - 1911 - 948 pages
...Price $1.50. "The first man," says Rousseau, "who, having inclosed a piece of ground, undertook to say, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society." And this man, he says, is responsible for all the crimes, wars, murders,... | |
 | Law - 1912 - 564 pages
...of savagery, did a civil State arise? "The man who first enclosed a bit of ground and gave notice by saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society." "Le premier qui ayant enclos un terrain s'avisa de dire Ceci est a... | |
 | Fritz Berolzheimer - Law - 1912 - 564 pages
...of savagery, did a civil State arise? "The man who first enclosed a bit of ground and gave notice by saying, This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society." "Le premier qui ayant enclos un terrain s'avisa de dire Ceci est a... | |
 | Jean Brissaud - Civil law - 1912 - 980 pages
...Jean-Jacques Rousseau could no longer write: "The first man who, having enclosed some land, thought of saying, this is mine, and found people simple enough to believe it, was the true founder of the civic society." It is also noticeable that the right over land was... | |
 | William Burgess - 1913 - 94 pages
...denounced property. Ambrose said: "The first man who, having fenced off a piece of ground, could think of saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple...believe him, was the real founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, miseries and horrors, would have been spared to the human race by one... | |
 | Upton Sinclair - Justice - 1915 - 978 pages
...novelist and philosopher, 1712-1778; father of the French Revolution) THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, This...real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling... | |
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THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. 
