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 join and unite into a community.
— John Locke Early Modern

Empiricism, natural rights

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Two Treatises of Government

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1689

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Strange & Unusual

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