| A person is autonomous. | To be autonomous is to be subject only to laws one has given to oneself. | |||
| |________________________________ | ________ | ______________________________| | ||
| | V | ||||
|   | A person is subject only to laws he has given to himself. | A person has not given to himself the laws of the state. | ||
| |____________ | ________ | ______________________________| | ||
| | V | ||||
| If a person is not subject to the laws of the state, then the state does not have authority over a person. | A person is not subject to the laws of the state. | |||
| |____________ | ________ | ___________| | ||
| | V | ||||
| The state does not have authority over a person. | ||||