 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.  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 63edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 pages
...are necessary to commodius living; and a Hope by their Industry to obtain them. And Reason suggesteth judicial department and to tread on legislative ground. This These Articles, are they, which otherwise are called the Lawes of Nature." See Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan,... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - 2003 - 452 pages
...show how the fundamental desire of self-conservation can be made effective. It suggests first of all 'convenient articles of peace, upon which men may be drawn to agreement. These articles are they, which otherwise are called the Laws of Nature.'1 1 Leviathan, i, 13; EW, in,... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - 2004 - 362 pages
...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. These articles are they which otherwise are called the laws of nature, whereof I shall speak more particularly... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow - 2004 - 245 pages
...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. These Articles are they which otherwise are called the Laws of Nature 55 If the laws of nature were... | |
 | 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 should not mislead... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 2005 - 404 pages
...commodious living, and a that incline hope by their industry to obtain them. And reason suggesteth convenient articles of peace upon which men may be drawn to agreement. These articles are they which otherwise are called the laws of nature, whereof I shall speak more particularly... | |
 | Stephen J. Finn - 2004 - 206 pages
...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... | |
 | Martha C. Nussbaum - 2006 - 520 pages
...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" (XIII). Hobbes does not portray his social contract as generating principles of justice. He speaks... | |
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