Book cover Leviathan

The Twelfth, Equall Use Of Things Common

Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
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The Twelfth, Equall Use Of Things Common

And from this followeth another law, “That such things as cannot be divided, be enjoyed in Common, if it can be; and if the quantity of the thing permit, without Stint; otherwise Proportionably to the number of them that have Right.” For otherwise the distribution is Unequall, and contrary to Equitie.