for though in a commonwealth the members of it are distinct persons still in reference to one another, and as such as governed by the laws of the society; yet in reference to the rest of mankind, they make one body, which is, as every member of it before was, still in the state of nature with the rest of mankind. Hence it is, that the controversies that happen between any man of the society with those that are out of it, are managed by the public; and an injury done to a member of their body, engages the whole in the reparation of it.
Errepublikako kideak elkarren artean ezberdinak diren arren, eta gizartearen legeak gobernatzen baditu ere, gainontzeko gizateriarekin erreferentzian gorputz bakarra osatzen dute, eta hau naturazko egoeran dago, lehenago kide bakoitza gizateriarekiko zegoen moduan. Hortaz gizarte horretako kide batek kanpoko batekin dituen eztabaidak erkidegoak bere bezala hartuko ditu, eta gorputz horretako kide batek kalterik jasotzerakoan, konponbidea bilatzera bultzatzen du osotasuna.