POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Eviction, Cardinal Virtues, Endangerment
12 Mar 2016
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Of the natural condition of mankind as concerning their. For as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination or by confederacy with others that are in the same danger with himself. For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto. But this proveth rather that men are in that point equal, than unequal. For there is not ordinarily a greater sign of the equal distribution of any thing than that every man is contented with his share. From this equality of ability arise the quality of hope in the attaining of our ends. And the invader again is in the like danger of another. And by consequence, such augmentation of dominion over men being necessary to a man"s conservation, it ought to be allowed him.
