...authority is absolute and unlimited. "The only way", says Hobbes, "to erect such a common power.... is to confer all their power and strength upon one...men, that may reduce all their wills by plurality of voice, unto one will". (14) The contract is binding on the whole community as a perpetual bond. If...

...monster; it is made from the parts of many persons. The act of creating the state is one in which men . . .confer all their power and strength upon one man,...upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their will, by plurality of voices, unto one will: which is as much as to say, to appoint one man, or assembly...

...power as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners and the injuries of one another ... is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men . . . which is as much to say, to appoint one man or assembly of men to bear their person. (Hobbes...

...Benefit'. It seemed to Hobbes that 'die only way to erect such a Common Power ... is to conferre all dieir power and strength upon one Man, or upon one Assembly of men' and to ensure that the wielder of this 'Common Power' - the 'great Leviadian' 'hath the use of so much...

...benefit. The only way to erect such a common power ... is to confer all their power and strength on one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all of their wills, by plurality of voices, to one will . . . And he that carrieth this person, is called...

...benefit. The only way to erect such a common power ... is to confer all their power and strength on one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all of their wills, by plurality of voices, to one will ... And he that carrieth this person, is called...

...representation is one site of the struggle between the dominant and the dominated. Domination To conferre all their power and strength upon one Man, or upon...their Wills, by plurality of voices, unto one Will ... this done, the Multitude so united in one Person, is called a COMMON-WEALTH, in latine CIVITAS....

...them in such sort, as that . . . they may nourish themselves and live contentedly; is, to conferre all their power and strength upon one Man. or upon...one Assembly of men, that may reduce all their Wills . . . unto one Will . . . This is more than Consent, or Concord; it is reall Unitie of them all, in...

...in such sort as wealth, that by their own industry and by the fruits of the earth they may nourish themselves and live contentedly, is to confer all their power and strength 1 upon one man or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills by plurality of voices...

...leading necessarily to civil war, chaos, and injustice, and the only way to erect such a common power is to confer all their power and strength upon one...their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will. . . . This is more than consent, or concord; it is a real unity of them all in one and the same person,...