Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

London

Printed for W. Taylor

1719

"I thought he was not a Monarch only, but a great Conqueror; for that he that has got a Victory over his own exorbitant Desires, and has the absolute Dominion over himself, whose Reason entirely governs his Will, is certainly greater than he that conquers a City"

I told him, I once thought my self a kind of a Monarch in my old Station, of which I had given him an Account, but that I thought he was not a Monarch only, but a great Conqueror; for that he that has got a Victory over his own exorbitant Desires, and has the absolute Dominion over himself, whose Reason entirely governs his Will, is certainly greater than he that conquers a City. But, my Lord, said I, shall I take the Liberty to ask you a Question? With all my Heart, says he. If the Door of your Liberty was opened, said I, would you not take hold of it to deliver your self from this Exile.

War::Conquest Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Reason

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Text from Daniel Defoe, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Being the Second and Last Part of his Life, And Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. The Second Edition. To which is added a Map of the World, in which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Crusoe. 2nd edition (London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719). <Link to first edition in ECCO>

01/25/2005