...much accuse mankind by his actions as I do by my words? But neither of us accuse man's nature in it. The desires and other passions of man are in themselves...they have agreed upon the person that shall make it. It may peradventure be thought there was never such a time nor condition of war as this; and I believe...

...him or them that have coercive power."2 It ia in reference to law so defined that we are told that " The desires, and other passions of man, are in themselves...till they have agreed upon the person that shall make it."8 In this passage Hobbes seems to take from his own conception of natural law and natural rights...

...of peace, upon bids them; which till laws be made they cannot which men may be drawn to agreement. 㵃 J "8 1915 H. Holt and co腊+ 5 It may perad venture be thought there was l'ïilillî íl)illt011 never such a time nor condition...

...follow "when men live without a common of us accuse man's nature in it. The desires ïïïïl'to others. iness. 284-287. He bletseth them in his heart. 288-291. The spell begins to break. 292-308. By by their industry to obtain them. And reason those passions, till they know a law that for- suggesteth...

...advantage and preferment, and thou shalt command his affections. Hobbes, Leviathan (Prose Sei. p. 15). Nor can any law be made till they have agreed upon the person that shall make it. Addison, Spectator 10. I will daily instil into them such sound and wholesome sentiments as shall have...

...society. The most notable denial on this point was offered by Hobbes. As he wrote in the Leviathiin, "the desires, and other passions of man are in themselves...forbids them: which till laws be made they cannot know."11 That is, before the existence of law and civil society, we cannot expect men to know the difference...

...my words? But neither of us accuse man's nature in it. The desires, and other passions of man, arc in themselves no sin. No more are the actions, that...they have agreed upon the person that shall make it. It may peradventure be thought, there was never such a time, nor 52 condition of war as this; and I...

...on. See Hobbes, Leviathan (1651), Middlesex, Penguin, 1981, ch. 13: 'The Desires, and other Passions, are in themselves no Sin. No more are the Actions that proceed from those Passions 'til they know a law that forbids them'. Rousseau's point seems to be that in Hobbes's depiction of...

...the burdensome notion of Original Sin. Hobbes denies man's essential wickedness when he writes that "the Desires, and other Passions of Man are in themselves...Passions till they know a Law that forbids them." In the state of nature "experiences are dreadful, so that passions which incline men to seek security...

...this time in support of a group's rights. CHAPTER 10 Human Nature and Political Tolerance The . . . Passions of man, are in themselves no Sin. No more...those Passions, till they know a Law that forbids them . . . 'Hobbes, The Leviathan We attempt throughout this book to answer an important question: how do...