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  • This must be done for two reasons: first, to deter morally irresponsible people from harmful behavior; second, to provide a consistent system for defining (by the use of lex majoris partis or majority rule through our elected representatives) a particular form of behavior as harmful to society or its members.

    First Do No Harm 2009

  • The last word of the latter is an obvious misprint, and is corrected by the Dutch translator into “majoris boni.”

    The Ethics 2007

  • Bellonius, Rondoletius, Hippolitus Salvianus, &c. [3326] Arcana coeli, naturae secreta, ordinem universi scire majoris felicitatis et dulcedinis est, quam cogitatione quis assequi possit, aut mortalis sperare.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Et accepit Ribca vestes Esau filii sui majoris delectabiles, quae erant apud se in domo, et induit Iahacob filium suum minorem.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Et nuntiata sunt Ribcae verba Esau filii sui majoris: et misit, et vocavit Iahacob filium suum minorem, et dixit ad eum, Ecce, Esau frater tuus consolatur se super to, ut occidat to.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Et Laban erant duae filiae: nomen majoris, Leah, et nomen minoris

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • * Natura sic apparet vitiata ut hoc majoris vitii sit non videre.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • * [7794] Natura sic apparet vitiata ut hoc majoris vitii sit non videre.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • * [7969] Natura sic apparet vitiata ut hoc majoris vitii sit non videre.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • Yea, and those by whom this whole work is derided do now countenance themselves therein by their ignorance of that state, which they will not learn either from the Scripture or experience; for, "natura sic apparet vitiata ut hoc majoris vitii sit non videre," as Austin speaks.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

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