Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political & Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]
… than that Men should agree to make certaine Covenants and Conditions together, which themselves should then call Lawes. Which Axiom, though received by most, is yet certainly False, and an Errour proceeding from our too slight … Nature.‘ ( De Cive , I, 2, 90) The English translation of Aristotle’s Politics was published in 1598. In The Elements of Law Natural and Politic , Hobbes would confront its dominant presupposition, that ‘man is by nature a social and … it is not a question of transforming human nature, but of channelling man’s passions. All virtues and natural laws are derived from the principle of self-preservation, not from goodwill or noble motives. 2 Indeed, natural law …
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