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The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

Thomas Hobbes
Life, Nature, Men
Thomas Hobbes (2005). “Leviathan, Parts I and II”, p.98, Broadview Press

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

Thomas Hobbes
Life, Philosophical, Men
Thomas Hobbes (2015). “Leviathan”, p.151, eKitap Projesi

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

Thomas Hobbes
Life, Philosophical, Men
Thomas Hobbes (2008). “Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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