...and possesses sovereign power. Such power may be acquired in two ways — by agreement or by force. A commonwealth is said to be instituted when a multitude of men agree that whatever the majority agree to shall bind the whole. The consequences of this are, that...

...sovereign power; and every one besides his subject." " Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution " (18). " A commonwealth is said to be instituted when a multitude of men do agree and covenant, eterv one with every one, that to whatsoever man, or assembly of men, shall be given by the major part...

...is to say, states formed by conquest or resting on hereditary rule. 'A commonwealth,' Hobbes says, ' is said to be instituted when a multitude of men do...is to say, to be their representative ; every one . . shall authorise all the actions and judgments of that man or assembly of men, in the same manner...

...absolutism is a necessary price to pay for deliverance from anarchy or the original state of nature. "A commonwealth is said to be instituted when a multitude" of men covenant, every one with every one" — not "every one with the sovereign" — "that to whatsoever...

...supposed that the existing sovereignties were in their origin other than sovereignties by acquisition. ' A commonwealth is said to be instituted, when a multitude of men covenant, everyone with everyone, that to whatsoever man or assembly of men shall Ve given by the major...

...commonwealth, or commonwealth by ' institution ' ; and the former a commonwealth by 'acquisition.' "l . . . "A 'commonwealth' is said to be 'instituted,' when...major part, the 'right ' to 'present ' the person of all of them, that is to say, to be their 'representative,' every one, as well he that voted for it,...

...to say, states formed by conquest or resting on hereditary rule. " A commonwealth," Hobbes says, " is said to be instituted when a multitude of men do...is to say, to be their representative ; every one . . . shall authorise all the actions and judgments of that man or assembly of men, in the same manner...

...is to say, states formed by conquest or resting on hereditary rule. "A commonwealth," Hobbes says, " is said to be instituted when a multitude of men do...is to say, to be their representative ; every one . . . shall authorise all the actions and judgments of that man or assembly of men, in the same manner...

...(Hobbes: Lev. I. Ch. XIII.) [Tr.] t Hobbes thus describes the establishment of the state. " A commomvealth is said to be instituted, when a multitude of men...them all, that is to say, to be their representative ; everyone, as well he that voted for it, as he that voted against it, shall authorize all the actions...

...a single will be constituted that shall take the place of the multitude of wills previously active. A commonwealth is said to be instituted when a multitude...agree and covenant, every one with every one, that to whatever man or assembly of men shall be given by the major part the right to present the person of...