Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are… — Thomas Hobbes
Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every man, against every man.
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