Thomas Hobbes — "And because the condition of man, (as hath been declared in the precedent chapte…"

And because the condition of man, (as hath been declared in the precedent chapter) is a condition of war of every one against every one; in which case every one is governed by his own reason; and there is nothing he can make use of, that may not be a help unto him, in preserving his life against his enemies; it followeth, that in such a condition, every man has a right to every thing; even to one another's body.
Thomas Hobbes — Thomas Hobbes Early Modern · Leviathan, social contract

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Leviathan, Chapter XIV

Date: 1651

War & Conflict

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