When wealth was measured in goods that were perishable, this meant that there was a limit to what could be accumulated and kept.
By 1815, Locke's portrait was taken down from , his alma mater it was later restored to a position of prominence, and currently hangs in the dining hall of the college.
This is in effect no more than to bid them first be slaves, and then to take care of their liberty; and when their chains are on, tell them, they may act like freemen.
A person possesses his or her own body and the actions of that body.
IF man in the state of nature be so free, as has been said; if he be absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to no body, why will he part with his freedom? OF POLITICAL OR CIVIL SOCIETY.
Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others.