Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Implied Consent

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A man"s natural force consist only in the vigour of his limbs, and the firmness of his courage; which could never subject multitudes to the command of one. Nothing but their own consent, and their sense of the advantages resulting from peace and order, could have had that influence (para. That, even at present, when it has attained full maturity [government] rests on no other foundation [than consent]. (para. [w]ould these reasoners look abroad into the world, they would meet with nothing that, in the least, corresponds to their ideas. (para. But the contract, on which government is founded, is said to be the original contract; and consequently may be supposed too old to fall under the knowledge of the present generation. (para. To which hume replies: ok, but even granting that, being so ancient, and being obliterated by a thousand changes of government and princes, [the original contract] cannot now be supposed to retain any authority.

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