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Richard Overton

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1646

An Arrow Against All Tyrants

Overton was one of the Levellers who, during the English Civil War, were among the very first to articulate the early ideas of liberalism. In this essay, he argues that every individual owns himself and so has rights to life, liberty, and property.

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