Justice vindicated from the false fucus [i.e. focus] put upon it, by [brace] Thomas White gent., Mr. Thomas Hobbs, and Hugo Grotius as also elements of power & subjection, wherein is demonstrated the cause of all humane, Christian, and legal society : and as a previous introduction to these, is shewed, the method by which men must necessarily attain arts & sciences / by Roger Coke.
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Justice vindicated from the false fucus [i.e. focus] put upon it, by [brace] Thomas White gent., Mr. Thomas Hobbs, and Hugo Grotius as also elements of power & subjection, wherein is demonstrated the cause of all humane, Christian, and legal society : and as a previous introduction to these, is shewed, the method by which men must necessarily attain arts & sciences / by Roger Coke.
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Coke, Roger, fl. 1696.
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London :: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for G. Bedell and T. Collins ...,
1660.
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White, Thomas, 1593-1676. -- Grounds of obedience and government.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. -- De cive.
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645. -- De jure belli et pacis.
Political science -- Early works to 1800.
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"Justice vindicated from the false fucus [i.e. focus] put upon it, by [brace] Thomas White gent., Mr. Thomas Hobbs, and Hugo Grotius as also elements of power & subjection, wherein is demonstrated the cause of all humane, Christian, and legal society : and as a previous introduction to these, is shewed, the method by which men must necessarily attain arts & sciences / by Roger Coke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B20451.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Common Notions or Axioms.
1. ALL Right which any Man, or company of Men have, is derived either from the Law of Nature, or some Divine Positive Law declared in the Scriptures, or from some Humane Law, or particular Custom, which is always presumed to be created, or permitted by Humane Laws.
2. Humane Laws and Customs refer to some particular place or Countrey, as they are permitted or imposed by the supream Power of that place or Countrey: viz. By them who have right to impose or permit them.
3. The Laws of Nature oblige all Men of all conditions alike, without ex∣ception, and are eternal and immutable by Man, and are, and always were con∣natural with all Men.
4. No Being can precede, or be superior to the cause of its Being.
5. All Causes are superior, and precede their Effects.
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