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Man was formed for society. — William Blackstone

Treatise · Legal writing

Man was formed for society.

William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England · 1765
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Topic
Man as social animalNature of man
Genre
Legal writing
Medium
Treatise
Time
1765
Person
William Blackstone
Provenance
Current citation
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I Of the Rights of Persons, edited by David Lemmings. Oxford University Press, 2016, introduction, sec. 2.
Original citation
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book the First. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765, introduction, sec. 2.

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