Medievals maintained that since man chooses deliberate actions he is different from other living things and must be held responsible for those actions. ... The medieval conception of rights bears no resemblance to modern beliefs and the claims derived from them. ... The sixteenth century witnessed the emergence of philosophies of liberty opposed to those found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. ...

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