...Adam's children, being not presently as soon as born under this law of reason, were not presently free; for law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation...than is for the general good of those under that law. Could they be happier without it, the law, as a useless thing, would of itself vanish; and that ill...

...nature and by positive laws in accord with the law of nature in society. As he says in a later chapter: Law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation...farther than is for the general good of those under the law: could they be happier without it, the law, as an useless thing, would of itself vanish; and...

...17). This positive definition of law, which echoes Hooker's (1.1.2), is repeated in the Two Treatises: 'Law, in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation...prescribes no farther than is for the general Good' (2.57). He goes on to state that the negative or restraining aspect of law should not even be thought...

...being not presently as soon as born, under this Law of Reason were not presently free. For Law, 10 in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation...than is for the general Good of those under that Law. Could they be happier without it, the Law, as an useless thing would of it self vanish ; and that ill...

...clearly in his single most important pronouncement on true liberty and its relation to law (TT II 57): Law, in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation...free and intelligent Agent to his proper Interest [ie, freedom itself is not necessarily the proper interest, or the end] . . . the end of Law is not...

...clearly in his single most important pronouncement on true liberty and its relation to law (TT II 57): Law, in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation as the direction of a frac and intelligent Agent to his proper Interest [ie, freedom itself is not necessarily the proper...

...freedom, and not merely by restricting the behavior of criminals for the sake of honest men. Rather, "Law, in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation...intelligent agent to his proper Interest, and prescribes no further than is for the general Good of those under that Law."115 Proper interests are those that are...

...it. ... As Freedom of Nature is to be under no other restraint but the Law of Nature [s. 22, 8-16]. Law, in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation...free and intelligent Agent to his proper Interest. . . . The end of Law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge Freedom [s. 57, 10-12,...

...he claims that to be forced to obey the laws of the land does not limit a person's freedom: Law ... is not so much the limitation as the direction of a free and intelligent Agent to his proper intent . . . that ill deserves the Name of Confinement which hedges us only from Bogs and Precipices,...

...without restraint and as the power to guide the will itself — appear to be complementary notions. For Law, in its true Notion, is not so much the Limitation...than is for the general Good of those under that Law. . . . So that, however it may be mistaken, the end of Law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve...