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Quotation from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

“Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy”

John Locke

Second Treatise of Government, Ch. V, §31

Portrait of John Locke

The spoilage limit on appropriation in the state of nature.

Citation: "Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy" — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. V, §31. (id second-treatise-of-government-q5)

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

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