...defines the commonwealth as "One person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence" (Leviathan, 228). He emphasizes the extent to which the covenant is more than consent or concord in...

...commonwealth; which, to define it, is one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence. Sovereign, and subject, what. And he that carrieth this person is called SOVEREIGN, and said to have...

..."COMMONWEALTH" ", . . to define it, is one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence. As he that carrieth this person is called SOVEREIGN, and said to have sovereign power; and every one...

...n 'tio n ". great Multitude, by mutuall Covenants one with another, have made them- wea i,i, selves every one the Author, to the end he may use the strength...think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence. And he that carryeth this Person, is called SOVERAIGNE, and said to have Soveraigne Power; and every...

...The "man, or ... assembly of men" is the one whose acts everyone has made themselves the author of, to the end he may use the strength and means of them...think expedient, for their peace and common defence. And he that carrieth this person is called SOVEREIGN. 29 Sovereignty is thus presented as the answer...

...17, p. 121). 27 The parties confer on a sovereign their combined power and authority 'to the end be may use the strength and means of them all, as he...think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence' (Leviathan, ch. 17, p. 121). Compare this with Hobbes 's argument concerning right reason: 'and therfore,...

...commonwealth or state: it is 'One Person, of whose Acts a great Multitude, by mutuall Covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the Author,...think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence'.^ "9 Hobbes 1996, ch. 24, p. 171; ch. 26, p. 184. '3° Hobbes 1996, ch. 16, p. 114; ch. 31, p. 245. ':)'...

...another, have made themselves every one the Aiithor, to the end he may use the strength and means ofthem all, as he shall think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence" (Ibidem S. 90). Der theoretische Ansatz der politischen Ökonomen (Smith, Ricardo) läßt sich als...

...which, to define it, is one person, of whose acts a great mul LOCKE titude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence. And he that carrieth this person, is called sovereign, and said to have sovereign power ; and every...

...which (to define it), is One Person, of whose Acts a great Multitude, by mutual Covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the Author,...think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence. 1 ^ On the attributes of this artificial person, he wrote: "And he that carried this Person, is called...