And therefore, as long as a man is in the condition of mere nature, (which is a condition of war,) as long as he has not bound himself by covenant to the contrary, every man has a right to every thing; even to one another's body.
Leviathan, social contract
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"For it is not the bare words, but the scope of the speaker, that giveth the true interpretation of a law."
Strange & Unusual"The desires, and other passions of man, are in themselves no sin. No more are the actions that proceed from those passions, till they know a law that forbids them."
Controversial"But a man cannot be said to be in a state of nature, when he is in a city or commonwealth."
Strange & Unusual"Whatsoever is the object of any man's appetite or desire, that is it which he for his part calleth good: and the object of his hate and aversion, evil."
Controversial"For seeing that the whole life of man is but a motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense."
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