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"Freedom is always at risk, and those who forget or who misunderstand the lessons of Liberty will soon lose it."

-- Maximus Libras


Lesson 40 - Property of Self Print E-mail

The primary property with which we all begin is the property of our person - ourselves.

Each man or woman owns his or her own self.  He owns his own energy, his own physical body, his own thoughts and ideas, his own time.

All property concepts begin with the concept of the ownership of the person by himself.  All other properties are viewed as nothing more than extensions of the person beyond himself, over which exists the same kind of control he exerts over himself and his faculties.

Someone who owns (as compared to merely possessing) a rake has acquired a functional extension to his arms and fingers.  Morally, he owns the rake in the same way that he owns his arms and fingers.

A man owns a car.  the car is an extension of the man's person in a transportation way.  He owns the car exactly as he owns himself.  This is true of all property ownership.

Each person has one head. He or she (and only that individual) makes decisions in their own mind respecting the control and actions of their person.

The individual may wish to confer and consult with others, and may agree with or accept their opinions or direction on the matter at hand to a greater or lesser extent, but in the end, the decision-making to take this action or that action, or to take no action, is made entirely in his own mind. 

This is also true in respect to property when it is owned.  Since all property is properly viewed as a moral extension of the person, it follows that in a correct property ownership condition, there is only one owner, one mind, or one head to decide.

 



 
 

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