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" The value, or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power : and therefore is not absolute ; but a thing dependent on the need and judgment of another. "
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury - Page ccxix
by Thomas Hobbes - 1845
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Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology, and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare ...

Jonathan Dollimore - 2004 - 420 pages
...of the state: 'The value, or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependent on the need and judgement of another' (Leviathan,...
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Forme del tragicomico nel teatro tardo elisabettiano e giacomiano

Vittoria Intonti - 2004 - 300 pages
...assegnati onore e fama: "The value or worth of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power, and therefore is not absolute, but a thing dependent on the need and judgement of another/.../ The...
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Die Totalität der Kultur: philosophisches Denken und politisches Handeln bei ...

Sven Schlotter - 2004 - 262 pages
...Leviathan ausführt: The value, or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependent on the need and jugdment of another.69 Von eben...
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Leviathan, Parts I and II

Thomas Hobbes - 2005 - 404 pages
...issue. Worth. 16. The value or WORTH of a man is, as of all other things, his price, that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power and therefore is not absolute, but a thing dependent on the need and judgement of another. An able...
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The Intrinsic Worth of Persons: Contractarianism in Moral and Political ...

Jean Hampton - 2006 - 219 pages
...that on his view, "the Value, or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependent on the need and judgment of another."26 But this...
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Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner

Svetozar Minkov, Stéphane Douard - 2006 - 416 pages
...human worth itself: The value, or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependent on the need and judgment of another.16 Yet Hobbes's...
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Liberty: God's Gift to Humanity

Chana B. Cox - 2006 - 302 pages
...terms of his power: The value or worth of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power, and therefore is not absolute, but a thing dependent on the need and judgement of another. An able...
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Paranoia and Modernity: Cervantes to Rousseau

John Farrell - 2006 - 372 pages
..."The Value, or WORTH of a man," Hobbes writes, "is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependant on the need and judgement of another" (L, 151-52)....
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On Justification: Economies of Worth

Luc Boltanski, Laurent Thévenot - 2006 - 408 pages
...public opinion: "The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependent on the need and judgement of another" (50). Hence,...
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Senior Executive Reward: Key Models and Practices

Sandy Pepper - 2006 - 112 pages
...executive pay 48 The value, or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and is therefore not absolute; but a thing dependent on the need and judgement of another. An able...
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