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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

“But though this be a state of liberty, yet it is not a state of licence”

John Locke

Second Treatise of Government, Ch. II, §6

Portrait of John Locke

Locke distinguishes natural freedom from the right to do anything, including destroying oneself.

Citation: "But though this be a state of liberty, yet it is not a state of licence" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. II, §6. (id second-treatise-of-government-q2)

Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.

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