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Heads of the Sections
Sect. I.
Of Law in general.
1. Our Authors Definition of the word.
2. A definition should be adhered to.
3. Terms used in a definition their.
properties they should have?—Terms
used by our Author.—"Prescribed"—unmeaning
or else false.+ Unapplicable to
the species of Law first instanced—Chosen
because for being indeterminate. Other Remaining
Terms—Rule—Superior and Inferior—
Obey—Different sorts subjects of Laws. Laws
of Inanimate matter. God; Law concerning it. 1. Characteristic
of Law: It is untransgressible. Inanimate
matter. Clockmaker's Law concerning it.
Animals and Vegetables God's Law concerning
them. 2d Characteristic of Law: It
excludes volition: in man for instance therefore
in man. [Chance—Unerring Rules.
Qu. for a by way of note.]
+ Terms and species
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