The greatest good, is the preservation of life.
Leviathan, social contract
The greatest good, is the preservation of life.
Leviathan, social contract
De Cive (The Citizen), Chapter I, Section VII
1642 (Latin), 1651 (English)
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"For the laws of nature, as I have shewed in the end of the 15th Chapter, are immutable and eternal."
Humorous"The power of the mighty hath no foundation but in the opinion and belief of the people."
Controversial"The greatest part of mankind, though they have the use of reason, yet they do not use it to that end."
Humorous"For what is there in the world, that is not obnoxious to the change of time, and the violence of men?"
Controversial"And consequently, the knowledge of the consequences of words, is called SCIENCE. And though a man should now and then have the good fortune to get any thing by conjecture, without reasoning; yet becau…"
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