Principles of the Civil Code

Jeremy Bentham

Part 1, Chapter 2, Footnote #01
Varieties of Equality


Equality may be considered with regard to all the advantages derived from the laws: Political Equality, or Equality in point of Political Rights---Civil Equality, or Equality in point of Civil Rights. But when the word is employed alone, it is usually understood as referring to the distribution of property.


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