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E4P73

Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Homo qui ratione ducitur magis in civitate ubi ex communi decreto vivit quam in solitudine ubi sibi soli obtemperat, liber est.

English (Elwes 1883)

The man, who is guided by reason, is more free in a State, where he lives under a general system of law, than in solitude, where he is independent.

Modern English

A person guided by reason is more free in a state, where they live under a common system of law, than in solitude, where they obey only themselves.