...to the problem by recalling the Genesis account. God had given the earth to humanity in common and "hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of Life, and convenience" (n, 26). Thus, because of God's grant in Genesis 1:28, and according to the law of nature (cf. i, 87-89),...

...American Scripture, pp. 135-36. 31. Locke, Second Treatise, sec. 25. 32. Ibid., sec. 26 ("God, who has given the world to men in common, hath also given...to men for the support and comfort of their being." The earth was given, thus, for comfort and not only for preservation. See also sees. 34 and 44.) 33....

...his workmanship. The world is a gift. The earth in this first condition is understood as the support: "The earth, and all that is therein, is given to Men for the Support and Comfort of their being" (2T, section 26, p. 286) . Man is the sole beneficiary of this gift. When God gave the earth to mankind...

...private property—or at least, some of them do. "God . . . hath given the world to men in common," and "hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life, and convenience." Property arises because things are produced by labor, and "every man has a property in his own person."...

...right at the outset of his discussion on property: 'God, who has given the world to men in common, has also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life and convenience'. 35 However, contrary to Moore's concern, the principle of instability she points to is not necessarily...

...common," substantiate an original state of common ownership of the things of this earth.8 But the same God who "hath given the World to Men in common, hath...make use of it to the best advantage of Life, and convenience."9 And yet to give the earth to all mankind and not provide for its appropriation and undisputed...

...in England in The Second Treatise on Civil Government in 1690. Echoing the biblical tradition that "the earth and all that is therein is given to men for the support and comfort of their being," Locke's secular labor theory argued that work, as an extension of our bodies, not only bestowed value...

...consequently to meat and drink and such other things as Nature affords for their subsistence,"24 and that "the earth and all that is therein is given to men for the support and comfort of their being."25 As a religious person, the primary question for Locke was whether God gave the earth to all...

...darüber hinaus, und hier tritt die hedonistische Motivationstheorie zutage, dieses Leben auch genießen: „The earth, and all that is therein, is given to men for the support and comfort of their being."186 185 Locke, John: a a. O., 1963, Vol. 5, S. 353. 186 Ebenda 5.3. Aneignung von Eigentum vor...

...hath givep the VYorld to Men .in common, hath alfo given them reafon to make ufe of it to the beft advantage of Life, and convenience. The Earth, and all that is therein, is given to Menfqjthe Support and Comfort of their being. And though all the Fruits it naturally produces, and...