Thomas Hobbes:

The right of nature ... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing any thing, which in his own judgement, and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto.

— Thomas Hobbes Early Modern

Leviathan, social contract

Context

Leviathan, Part I, Chapter XIV

Date / Period

1651

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm#link2H_4_0008

Verification

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Explanation

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Method

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