 The passions that incline men to peace are: fear of death; desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them. And reason suggesteth convenient articles of peace upon which men may be drawn to agreement.  A Student's History of Philosophy - Page 246by Arthur Kenyon Rogers - 1907 - 511 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert A. Bowie - 2004 - 356 pages
...to a 'social contract', under which people agreed not to deny the freedoms of others. Hobbes wrote, 'The passions that incline men to peace are: fear...living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them' (Hobbes, 1651, Ch. 13). An external authority enforced the social contract. Will Kymlicka sees Hobbes'... | |
 | F. Roger Devlin - 2004 - 184 pages
...maketh men invade for gain, the second for safety, and the third for reputation." On the other hand, "the passions that incline men to peace are fear of...living, and a hope by their industry to obtain them" (L, xiii). A little reflection will reveal that these two lists overlap considerably. The fear of death... | |
 | Victoria Kahn - 2009 - 392 pages
...Injustice" are "Qualities, that relate to men in Society, not in Solitude," and the "Lawes of Nature" are "convenient Articles of Peace, upon which men may be drawn to agreement" (13.90). The laws of nature are suggested by reason but they are no longer written on the solitary... | |
 | John Shand - 2005 - 250 pages
...Obviously life in such conditions is intolerable. Human beings long for peace, and reason suggests "convenient articles of peace, upon which men may be drawn to agreement" (Ibid.). These articles are, Hobbes says, what are called the laws of nature. The use of this phrase... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 2005 - 404 pages
...partly in his reason. 14. The passions that incline men to peace are fear of death, 2 The passions desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living, and a that incline hope by their industry to obtain them. And reason suggesteth convenient articles of peace... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...though with a possibility to come out of it, consisting partly in the passions, partly in his reason. The passions that incline men to peace are: fear of...living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them. KING JAMES BIBLE The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.... | |
 | Karen S. Feldman - 2006 - 170 pages
...establishment of the commonwealth and the rise of human beings above the state of nature — specifically "fear of death; desire of such things as are necessary...living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them" (116). To this extent, the passions are the condition of the formation of the commonwealth. The passions... | |
 | Vickie B. Sullivan - 2006 - 304 pages
...toward war and civil war and to foster other passions that incline human beings to peace, namely "Feare of Death; Desire of such things as are necessary to...commodious living; and a Hope by their Industry to obtain them."71 Hobbes's desire for peace leads him away not only from the aristocratic ethic that favors... | |
 | Martha C. Nussbaum - 2006 - 520 pages
...can get on with our lives in tolerable security. "The Passions that encline men to Peace, are Feare of Death; Desire of such things as are necessary to...commodious living; and a Hope by their Industry to attain them. And Reason suggesteth convenient Articles of Peace, upon which men may be drawn to agreement"... | |
 | Stephen J. Finn - 2004 - 206 pages
...Desire of such things as are necessary for commodious living; and a hope by their industry to attain them. And Reason suggesteth convenient Articles of Peace, upon which men may be drawn to agreement' (L 13.188). These 'articles of agreement', or 'laws of nature', are the means by which individuals... | |
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