Discourses on government

Chapter I. Tack

The Life and Memoirs of Algernon Sidney 13

His Trial 107

His Apology 245

DISCOURSES ON GOVERNMENT.

Introduction 509

Sect. i. The common notions of liberty are not from

school divines, but from nature 315

ii. Implicit faith belongs to fools, and truth is comprehended by examining principles .... in. The. rights of particular nations cannot subsist if general principles, contrary to them, are received as true 326

iv. To depend on the will of a man is slavery • . 327 v. God leaves to man the choice of forms in government, and* those who constitute one form may abrogate it 332

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PAGE vi. Abraham and the Patriarchs were not kings . 339 vii. Nimrod was the first king during the life of

Chush, Ham, Shem, and Noah 342

viii. The power of a father belongs only to a father 349 ix. Such as enter into society, must in some degree

diminish their liberty 351

x. No man comes to command many, unless by

consent or by force 353

xi. The pretended paternal right is divisible or indivisible, if divisible, it is extinguished, if indivisible, universal 356

xn. There was no shadow of a paternal kingdom

amongst the Hebrews, nor precept for it . .360 xiii. If the paternal right had included dominion and was to be transferred to a single heir, it must perish if he were not known, and could

be applied to no other person 366

xiv. The ancients chose those to be kings who excelled in the virtues that are most beneficial to

civil societies 378

xv. God having given the government of the world to no one man, nor declared how it should be

divided, left it to the will of man 390

xvi. If a right of dominion were esteemed hereditary according to the law of nature, a multitude of destructive and inextricable controversies

would thereupon arise 398

xvn. Kings cannot convey the right of father upon

princes, nor princes upon kings 406

xviii. All just magisterial power is from the people . 418

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