Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political & Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]
… towards each other, but in the mutuall fear they had of each other , (DeCi, I, 2, 93-94). Here, the purpose of political association is redefined: communal ‘well-being,’ life lived in friendship and equality, is superseded by a civil society … is either for Gain, or for Glory; (i.e.) not so much for love of our Fellowes, as for love of our Selves’. Civil association But this does not mean that any thought of sociability as a virtue is now excluded. The only way to extricate …
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