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Quotation from Patriarcha by Robert Filmer
“That the desire of Liberty was the first Cause of the Fall of Adam.”
Patriarcha, Ch. I, §1 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text)
Filmer warns that those who prize liberty as the height of human happiness forget the story of the Fall.
Citation: "That the desire of Liberty was the first Cause of the Fall of Adam." — Robert Filmer, Patriarcha, Ch. I, §1 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text). (id patriarcha-q2)
Portrait: Filmer, Sir Robert by Cornelius Johnson, Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Public domain.
