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" Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man, against every man. "
The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ... - Page 117
by Robert Demaus - 1860 - 552 pages
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The Philosophy of TV Noir

Steven Sanders, Aeon J. Skoble - 2008 - 282 pages
...of man was one of endless war and complete insecurity of life, liberty, and property. As he puts it, "It is manifest, that during the time men live without...in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every man, against every man."3 For Hobbes, the state of nature lacks...
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Atrocities on Trial: Historical Perspectives on the Politics of Prosecuting ...

Patricia Heberer, J_rgen MatthÜus - 2008 - 358 pages
...endure. Instead, to use Thomas Hobbes's bleak description from 1651, human existence would likely be in "that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man In such condition there is ... continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary,...
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The Tragedy of King Lear: With Classic and Contemporary Criticisms

William Shakespeare - 2008 - 380 pages
...men from the anarchy of their own desires. The natural state of humanity, he insists in Leviathan, is "that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man" (I.xiii.8-9). In this "state of nature" before the imposition of laws by a sovereign power, there is...
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Kingmakers: The Invention Of The Modern Middle East

Karl E Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac - 2008 - 528 pages
...expressly cautioned (Part One, Chapter 8). "During the time men live without a common power to keep them in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is every man against every man." Having made no preparations for imposing a common power in postconquest...
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