...shall dictate to him. A Law of A LAW OF NATURE, (Lex Naturalis,) is a Precept, or generall Nature. Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden to do, what. that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and...

...escape is made possible by following the laws of nature, and he defines a law of nature as "a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." The individual laws are easily proved using the method ofreductio ad absurdum. For example, in order...

...secure our own self-preservation and well-being. As he puts it: A Law of Nature ... is a Precept, or general!. Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. [Hobbes 1996, p. 91] However, whether these 'laws' are supposed by Hobbes to have any moral authority...

...aptest means thereunto". (b) Hobbes' Naturgesetz: „A Law of Nature, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved". Pufendorf, De iure naturae et gentium 2, 2, 3: (...) propriis nribus, ita etprvprio iudicio atque arbitrio...

...and Civil (New York: Macmillan, 1962). Cited as L. 3 Hobbes defines a law of nature as "a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved" (L 103). 4 Two recent sources for interesting interpretations of Hobbes's moral philosophy are George...

...own self-preservation and well-being. As he puts it: A Law of Nature ... is a Precept, or generall Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. [Hobbes 1996, p. 91] However, whether these 'laws' are supposed by Hobbes to have any moral authority...

...one following "and," adds something substantial to the first clause. I am referring to this clause: "to do that which is destructive of his life, or taketh...that by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." (The disjunctive clause is not problematic.) According to one interpretation, the content of every...

...the word, the absence of external impediments; ... A LAW OF NATURE, (lex naturalis,) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same, (chapter 14) Sovereign has to be absolute. "The validity of covenants begins not but with the constitution...

...He equates God's commands with the laws of nature. 'A law of nature', he defines, as 'a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life or takes away the means of preserving it'.65 Although Hobbes regards religion as a system of law, not...

...absence of external impediments. A law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept, or general rule, found by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life. (Jus and lex, right and law, ought to be distinguished, because right consisteth in liberty to do or...