The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3J. Bohn, 1839 - Philosophy, English |
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Page 160
... monarch , cannot without his leave cast off monarchy , and return to the confusion of a dis- united multitude ; nor transfer their person from him that beareth it , to another man , or other assembly of men : for they are bound , every ...
... monarch , cannot without his leave cast off monarchy , and return to the confusion of a dis- united multitude ; nor transfer their person from him that beareth it , to another man , or other assembly of men : for they are bound , every ...
Page 162
... monarch receiveth his power by covenant , that is to say , on condition , proceedeth from want of understanding this easy truth , that covenants being but words and breath , have no force to oblige , contain , constrain , or pro- tect ...
... monarch receiveth his power by covenant , that is to say , on condition , proceedeth from want of understanding this easy truth , that covenants being but words and breath , have no force to oblige , contain , constrain , or pro- tect ...
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... monarch they see it not ; and yet the power of sovereignty is the same in whom- soever it be placed . And as the power , so also the honour of the sovereign , ought to be greater , than that of any , or all the subjects . For in the ...
... monarch they see it not ; and yet the power of sovereignty is the same in whom- soever it be placed . And as the power , so also the honour of the sovereign , ought to be greater , than that of any , or all the subjects . For in the ...
Page 172
... monarch , as absolutely , as to any other representative . Therefore , where there is already erected a sovereign power , there can be no other representative of the same people , but only to certain particular ends , by the sovereign ...
... monarch , as absolutely , as to any other representative . Therefore , where there is already erected a sovereign power , there can be no other representative of the same people , but only to certain particular ends , by the sovereign ...
Page 174
... monarch arise only with sovereign from the riches , strength and reputation of his of monarchy , assemblies . subjects . For no king can be rich , nor glorious , nor secure , whose subjects are either poor , or contemptible , or too ...
... monarch arise only with sovereign from the riches , strength and reputation of his of monarchy , assemblies . subjects . For no king can be rich , nor glorious , nor secure , whose subjects are either poor , or contemptible , or too ...
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Page 596 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Page 562 - Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Page 101 - In such condition there is no place for Industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently no culture of the earth ; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea ; no commodious Building ; no instruments of moving...
Page 420 - He that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Page 600 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 103 - To this war of every man, against every man, this also is consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law: where no law, no injustice.
Page 416 - Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living : for all live unto him.
Page 492 - Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us, all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Page 525 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 397 - Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of Hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of Hosts.