...property in land. " The first man who, after enclosing a piece of ground, bethought himself to say ' this is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society." ' War, murder, wretchedness and horror without end followed this fatal proceeding. Rich and poor were...

...the famous passage occurs, " The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, ventured to say, ' This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. From what crimes, what wars, what murders, what miseries, what horrors...

...civilisation " which is in direct antagonism to nature. " The first person," he says, " who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, '...believe him, was the real founder of civil society"; and, again, " From the moment in which it appeared advantageous to any man to possess the quantity...

...human society. "The first man," he says, "who, having enclosed a piece of ground, undertook to say, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, how much misery and horror would not...

...first took it into his head to enclose a piece of land and to say, ' This is mine,' and who found other people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society." To the Utopist, this enclosed ground was Eve's apple, the original sin from which all subsequent ills...

...JJ Rousseau. " The first man who, having enclosed a territory, ventured to say this is mine, and who found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, miseries and horrors, would he not have spared the human race who should...

...private property. "He, who first enclosed a strip of land, and said, ' it is mine,' and found folk simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society" (In^galitd, part ii.). The social contract which creates the State is perhaps necessary, for men are...

...private property. " He, who first enclosed a strip of land, and said, ' it is mine,' and found folk simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society" (Intgalitd, part ii.). The social contract which creates the State is perhaps necessary, for men are...

...philosophy of the origin of society : " The first person who, having a plot of land, thought of asserting 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society." There is little wonder that writings which contain passages of this...

...compare Ambrose with Rousseau: "The first man who, having fenced off a piece of ground, could think of saying, 'This is mine," and found people simple...believe him, was the real founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, miseries, and horrors would not have been spared to the human race...