Thomas Hobbes Quote

As first a man cannot lay down the right of resisting them, that assault him by force, to take away his life; because he cannot be understood to ayme thereby, at any Good to himself.


The First Part, Chapter 14, p. 66. - Leviathan (1651)


As first a man cannot lay down the right of resisting them, that assault him by force, to take away his life; because he cannot be understood to ayme ...

As first a man cannot lay down the right of resisting them, that assault him by force, to take away his life; because he cannot be understood to ayme ...

As first a man cannot lay down the right of resisting them, that assault him by force, to take away his life; because he cannot be understood to ayme ...

As first a man cannot lay down the right of resisting them, that assault him by force, to take away his life; because he cannot be understood to ayme ...