it seems a strange way of understanding a law, which requir… - John Locke

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it seems a strange way of understanding a law, which requires the plainest and directest words, that by death should be meant eternal life in misery.

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John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an influential English philosopher and social contract theorist. He developed an alternative to the Hobbesian state of nature and asserted a government could be good only if it received the consent of the governed and protected the natural rights of life, liberty, and estate. If such a consent was not achieved, Locke argued in favour of a right of rebellion, which he referred to as an "appeal to heaven".

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