Primitive Societies
This shared liberty
is a consequence of main's nature. Its first law is that of self preservation
its first concern is for what it owes itself. s soon as a man attains the age
of reason he becomes his own master, because he alone can judge of what will
best assure his continued existence.
We may, therefore,
if we will, regard the family as the basic model of all political associations.
The ruler is the father writ large. The people are, by analogy, his children,
and all, ruler and people alike, alienate heir freedom only so far as it is to
their advantage to do so. The only difference is that whereas in the family the
father's love for his children is sufficient reward to him for the care he has
lavished on them, in the State, the pleasure of commanding others takes its place,
since the ruler is not in a relation of love to his people.
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