Second Treatise of Government — Page 4
A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another; there being nothing more evident, than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection, unless the lord and master of them all should, by any manifest declaration of his will, set one above another, and confer on him, by an evident and clear appointment, an undoubted right to dominion and sovereignty.
Um estado também de igualdade, em que todo o poder e jurisdição são recíprocos, não tendo ninguém mais do que outro; não havendo nada mais evidente do que que as criaturas da mesma espécie e condição, nascidas indiscriminadamente com todas as mesmas vantagens da natureza e o uso das mesmas faculdades, devem também ser iguais umas às outras sem subordinação ou sujeição, a menos que o senhor e mestre de todas elas, por alguma declaração manifesta de sua vontade, coloque uma acima da outra e lhe confira, por uma designação evidente e clara, um direito indubitável de domínio e soberania.
Sect. 5. This equality of men by nature, the judicious Hooker looks upon as so evident in itself, and beyond all question, that he makes it the foundation of that obligation to mutual love amongst men, on which he builds the duties they owe one another, and from whence he derives the great maxims of justice and charity.
Seção 5. Esta igualdade dos homens por natureza, o judicioso Hooker considera tão evidente em si mesma e além de toda questão, que a torna o fundamento daquela obrigação ao amor mútuo entre os homens, sobre a qual ele constrói os deveres que eles têm uns para com os outros, e de onde ele deriva as grandes máximas de justiça e caridade.
Vocabulary
- estado
- es-TAH-doo — State, condition, or status of something
- também
- tahm-BAYN — Also, too, as well
- igualdade
- ee-gwahl-DAH-djee — Equality, the state of being equal
- todo
- TOH-doo — All, every, entire
- poder
- poh-DEHR — Power, authority, or ability
- jurisdição
- zhoo-rees-dee-SOWNG — Jurisdiction, legal authority over an area
- recíprocos
- heh-SEE-proh-koos — Reciprocal, mutual, given and received equally
- tendo
- TEHN-doo — Gerund of 'ter', meaning 'having'
- ninguém
- neen-GAYN — Nobody, no one, not anyone
- outro
- OH-troo — Other, another, different one
- havendo
- ah-VEHN-doo — Gerund of 'haver', meaning 'there being'
- nada
- NAH-dah — Nothing, not anything at all
- evidente
- eh-vee-DEHN-tchee — Evident, obvious, clearly apparent
- criaturas
- kree-ah-TOO-rahs — Creatures, living beings or entities
- mesma
- MEHZ-mah — Same, identical, the very one
- espécie
- es-PEH-syee — Species, kind, type, or category
- condição
- kon-djee-SOWNG — Condition, circumstance, or situation
- nascidas
- nah-SEE-dahs — Born, brought into existence (feminine plural)
- indiscriminadamente
- een-djees-kree-mee-NAH-dah-mehn-tchee — Indiscriminately, without distinction or preference
- mesmas
- MEHZ-mahs — Same, identical (feminine plural form)
- vantagens
- van-TAH-zhayns — Advantages, benefits, favorable circumstances
- natureza
- nah-too-REH-zah — Nature, the natural world or innate character
- uso
- OO-zoo — Use, usage, utilization of something
- faculdades
- fah-kool-DAH-djees — Faculties, abilities, mental or physical powers
- devem
- DEH-vayn — They must, ought to, or should
- iguais
- ee-GWAHEES — Equal, alike in measure or status
- outras
- OH-trahs — Others, the remaining ones (feminine plural)
- sem
- sayn — Without, lacking, in the absence of
- subordinação
- soob-or-djee-nah-SOWNG — Subordination, being under authority or control
- sujeição
- soo-zhay-SOWNG — Subjection, submission to another's authority
- menos
- MEH-noos — Less, fewer, minus
- senhor
- sehn-YOR — Lord, master, sir, gentleman
- mestre
- MEHS-tree — Master, teacher, skilled expert
- alguma
- ahl-GOO-mah — Some, any (feminine singular form)
- declaração
- deh-klah-rah-SOWNG — Declaration, formal statement or announcement
- manifesta
- mah-nee-FEHS-tah — Manifest, obvious, clear, evident
- vontade
- von-TAH-djee — Will, desire, wish, intention
- coloque
- koh-LOH-kee — Place, put, set (subjunctive/imperative form)
- acima
- ah-SEE-mah — Above, over, higher than something
- outra
- OH-trah — Other, another (feminine singular form)
- lhe
- lyee — Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/you'
- confira
- kon-FEE-rah — Confer, grant, bestow upon someone
- designação
- deh-zig-nah-SOWNG — Designation, appointment, assigned title or name
- clara
- KLAH-rah — Clear, evident, easily understood (feminine)
- direito
- djee-RAY-too — Right, law, entitlement, or privilege
- indubitável
- een-doo-bee-TAH-vehl — Indubitable, unquestionable, beyond any doubt
- domínio
- doh-MEE-nyoo — Dominion, domain, control over something
- soberania
- soh-beh-rah-NEE-ah — Sovereignty, supreme authority of a state
- Seção
- seh-SOWNG — Section, division, or part of a text
- homens
- OH-mayns — Men, males, human beings
- judicioso
- zhoo-djee-syOH-zoo — Judicious, wise, showing sound judgment
- considera
- kon-see-DEH-rah — Considers, regards, thinks about carefully
- tão
- towng — So, such, as (intensifying adverb)
- si
- see — Himself, herself, itself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- além
- ah-LAYN — Beyond, further, in addition to
- questão
- kes-TOWNG — Question, issue, matter under discussion
- torna
- TOR-nah — Makes, turns, becomes (third person singular)
- fundamento
- foon-dah-MEHN-too — Foundation, basis, fundamental principle
- daquela
- dah-KEH-lah — Of that (feminine contraction of 'de' and 'aquela')
- obrigação
- oh-bree-gah-SOWNG — Obligation, duty, binding responsibility
- amor
- ah-MOR — Love, affection, deep emotional attachment
- mútuo
- MOO-too-oh — Mutual, shared equally between parties
- entre
- EHN-tree — Between, among, in the middle of
- sobre
- SOH-bree — On, over, about, regarding
- qual
- kwahl — Which, who, what (relative pronoun)
- constrói
- kon-STROH-ee — Builds, constructs (third person singular present)
- deveres
- deh-VEH-rees — Duties, obligations, responsibilities
- têm
- tayn — They have (third person plural of 'ter')
- outros
- OH-troos — Others, the rest (masculine plural form)
- onde
- ON-djee — Where, from which, in which place
- deriva
- deh-REE-vah — Derives, originates, flows from something
- grandes
- GRAN-djees — Great, large, important (plural form)
- máximas
- MAH-shee-mahs — Maxims, principles, moral rules or guidelines
- justiça
- zhoos-TEE-sah — Justice, fairness, righteousness
- caridade
- kah-ree-DAH-djee — Charity, generosity, benevolent love for others
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