Euroopa ideede ajaloo eksami kordamisküsimused
There is, however, no such thing as private ownership established by nature, but property becomes private either through
long occupancy (as in the case of those who long ago settled in unoccupied territory) or through conquest (is in the case of
those who took it in war) or by due process of law, bargain, or purchase, or by allotment. On this principle the lands of
Arpinum are said to belong to the Arpinates, the Tusculan lands to the Tusculans; and similar is the assignment of private
property. Therefore, inasmuch as in each case some of those things which by nature had been common property became
the property of individuals, each one should retain possession of that which has fallen to his lot; and if anyone appropriates
to himself anything beyond that, he will be violating the laws of human society. But since, as Plato has admirably