...the way to the latter." "So that, in the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death." (12) Of religion. " Seeing there are no signs, nor fruit of religion, but in man only, there is no...

...produce the effect desired. So that in the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power,...or that he cannot be content with a moderate power ; t.rit because he cannot assure the power ant1, a»,. means to live well, which he hath present, without...

...action in relation with one another. In all men alike he recognises one overmastering purpose — " a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death." This assumes, as between man and man, a variety of forms that may best be noted at the farther stage...

...considered as his greatest paradox. ' In the first place I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death.' In order to understand this, it is necessary to understand what Hobbes meant by power, for he uses...

...produce the effect desired. So that in the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power,...than he has already attained to, or that he cannot be eontent with a moderate power ; but because he cannot assure the power and means to live well, which...

...the first principle of human nature. Human actions have for their basis — and their only basis — "a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." l That is, as follows 1 Leviathan, chap. xi. HOBBES ON EQUALITY from the definition of " power " mentioned...

...natural temperament and was racy of the soil. In saying that the over-mastering purpose in man ' is a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death,' and in defining happiness as ' a continual progress of the desire from one object to another,' he was an...

...acquire the means of gratifying all future desires, 1 Human Nature, chap vii 5. and thus there arises " a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death." l (This desire for power is not original or primitive ; it i is derived from the fundamental desires...

...State. " In the first place," said Hobbes, "I put forth, for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." The natural condition of mankind, therefore, is that every man's hand should be against every other...

...satisfying his ever new desires in the future, leads to a further ' general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.' The chief cause of this restlessness is the insecurity of our happiness without increase of our powers...