...nonrebellious — or indeed antirevolutionary — Commonwealth. About this social system, Hobbcs wrote that "it is a real unity of them all, in one and the same...person, made by covenant of every man with every man."; Paradoxically, the soundness and stability of such a society are based on the individual choice by...

...nonrebellious — or indeed antirevolutionary — Commonwealth. About this social system, Hobbes wrote that "it is a real unity of them all, in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man."41 Paradoxically, the soundness and stability of such a society are based on the individual choice...

...the following passage from Leviathan: "This is more than Consent, or concord; it is a reall Unitie of them all, in one and the same Person, made by Covenant of every man with every man."61 There is no transfer of power from citizen to sovereign, only of conviction and political will....

...themselves from a multitude with many conflicting wills into 'One Person', thereby attaining 'a reall Unitie of them all, in one and the same Person, made by covenant of every man with every man'.'95 The error of the monarchomachs, in short, is to suppose that the covenant tells us the terms...

...created: "This is more than Consent, or Concord; it is a reall Unitie of them all [all individuals], in one and the same Person, made by Covenant of every man with every man." s Hobbes is clearly aware of the biblical linkage of God's creation of the world and God s creation...

...authorize all his actions in like manner." This procedure, Hobbes says, produces not mere "concord" but "a real unity of them all, in one and the same person" and "is the generation of that great LEVIATHAN ... to which we owe . . . our peace and defence" (Lev.,...

...covenant of authorisation embodying a declaration that a set of rights has been transferred. They covenant 'in such manner, as if every man should say to every man, / Authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to this Alan, or to this Assembly of metf '.'49...

...represented, that maketh the person one'.8 How does this transfer of rights take place? It takes place 'by covenant of every man with every man, in such manner, as if every man should say to every man, / authorize and give up my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this...

...peace, is to reduce the plurality of voices into one will. "This is more than consent, or concord; it is real unity of them all, in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man" (Leviathan, chap. 17, 108). Alliances defensive, factional, or amicable require only accord — "consent"...

...common peace and safety"; or alternatively, that the condition of peace and safety is the effect of a covenant of every man with every man, in such manner, as if every man should say to every man, 7 authorise and give up my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this...