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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
“reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions”
Second Treatise of Government, Ch. II, §6
Locke's statement of the law of nature, which lists health among the goods no one may invade.
Citation: "reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. II, §6. (id second-treatise-of-government-q1)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
