And from this diffidence of one another, there is no way for any man to secure himself, so reasonable, as anticipation; that is, by force, or wiles, to master the persons of all men he can, so long, till he see no other power great enough to endanger him: and this is no more than his own conservation requireth, and is generally allowed.
— Thomas Hobbes Early Modern

Leviathan, social contract

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Leviathan, Chapter XIII

Date / Period

1651

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm#link2H_4_0016

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