Thomas Hobbes, De Cive, 1647 [ Concepts ]
… Liberty Chapter I Of the State of Men Without Civil Society I. The faculties of Humane nature may be reduc'd unto four kinds; Bodily strength, Experience, Reason, Passion. Taking the beginning of this following Doctrine from these, we will declare in the first place what manner of inclinations … they so build up the Doctrine of Civill Society, as if for the preservation of Peace, and the Government of Man−kind there were nothing else necessary, than that Men should agree to make certaine Covenants and Conditions together, …
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