“For he that hath strength enough to protect all, wants not sufficiency to oppresse all.”
Thomas Hobbes book De Cive
De Cive "Of the right of him, whether Counsell, or one Man onely, who hath the supreme power in the City" (1642) Ch. 6
Quotes from bookDe Cive
De Cive is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later under the title 'Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society'."It anticipates themes of the better-known Leviathan. The famous phrase bellum omnium contra omnes appeared first in De Cive.
“In the state of nature, Profit is the measure of Right.”
...in statu naturae Mensuram juris esse Utilitatem.
Thomas Hobbes book De Cive
De Cive (1642)
