...a number of other laws are implied by the first two. He summarized the various laws as follows: 1. "Man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life" (the law of self-preservation). 2. "That a man be willing, when others so too, as far forth, as for...

...assumes that we all do, then you must seek peace: A law of nature, lex natural is, is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that by which he thinketh it may be best preserved. (Leviathan, 14) These laws are conditional in form: "if you want thus and such, then you must do thus...

...natural law. 4 According to Hobbes, "A LAW OF NATURE [Hobbes's emphasis], 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." 5 "And that which is not against reason, men call Right, or jus, or blameless liberty of using our...

...Hobbes with his very definition of natural law. He defines a natural law as 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" (91). Thus, his general definition relates to the specific purpose of the preservation of life.4 He...

...there is a deep logical consistency to it all. A law of nature, Hobbes says, is a 'Precept, or generall Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden...life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same' (L 14.189). The first law of nature is that 'every man, ought to endeavor peace, as far as he has hope...

...of nature is, Hobbes tells us, a law in the general sense of a requirement of reason: "a Precept, or general Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." It is just in that sense, then, that he proclaims his laws of nature, the first of which is claimed...

...second natural laws, and of contracts. 6. Ibid. 7. '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', ibid. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid. 10. 'one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with...

...and interior design. Laws of Nature and Normativity Hobbes defined a "law of nature" as "a precept or herefore, attempt to demonstrate (L.XIV.3). He then went on to list and explain some nineteen examples (including one requiring the...

...rather than those dictated by the order of things. In his own words, each 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" (Leviathan, 14.3). The definition here implies a degree of contingency not found in the natural law...

...to the Law of Nature is concerned, see Leviathan: "A LAW OF NATURE (lex naturalis) is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...preserving the same, and to omit that by which he thmketh it may be best preserved" (XIV § 3). 59 See the difference between propinqui and remoti, in...