| 单词 | natural liberty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnatural liberty natural liberty n. the freedom which a person or animal possesses in nature; spec. the state in which human beings are free to act as they think fit, unhindered by laws or regulatory social structures. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > subject only to laws of nature natural liberty1561 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Nn.iiiiv They..may wt ye same teach a prety bird to fle as a man lust, & retourne back from the wood and from his naturall libertye of his owne accord to snares and bondage. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 108 Naturall liberty, which only is properly called liberty. 1707 Daily Courant 13 Jan. That Edict is derogatory to natural Liberty, which permits Men to change their Country. 1805 B. Rush Med. Inq. & Observ. (rev. ed.) I. 52 When natural liberty is given up for laws which enslave instead of protecting us, we are immense losers by the exchange. 1901 Times 15 Mar. 8/1 The very large body of innocent consumers..who are restricted in their natural liberty by the desire of the temperance reformers to deal with inebriate persons. 2003 Michigan Law Rev. 101 1369 A social contract that removes the individual from some initial position..and offers him the security of political governance in exchange for any loss of natural liberty. < as lemmas |
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