Quotation from Patriarcha by Robert Filmer

Filmer rejects the view that laws were first invented to bridle kings, citing Draco, Solon and the Roman decemvirs.

Citation: "the Original of Laws was for the keeping of the Multitude in Order" — Robert Filmer, Patriarcha, Ch. III, §4 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text). (id patriarcha-q6)

Portrait: Filmer, Sir Robert by Cornelius Johnson, Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Public domain.

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