...represented, that maketh the person one'.3 How does this transfer of rights take place? It takes place 'by covenant of every man with every man, in such manner, as if every man should say to every man, I authorize and give up my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this...

...Mauss, op. cit., p. 3). This 'as if brought us to Thomas Hobbes' observation of the social contract as a "covenant of every man with every man, in such manner, as if every man should say to every man" (italics are mine). See T. Hobbes, Leviathan. The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall...

...allow the laws of nature to be considered binding in foro externo. In this contract, says Hobbes, it is as if every man should say to every man: I Authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to the Man, or to this Assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give thy Right to him,...

...and power in one absolute sovereign. Hobbes thus envisioned a social contract as follows: "[It is] as if every man should say to every man, I Authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to this Man, or to this Assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy Right to...

...only way to escape such a state of war, according to Hobbes, is to create a reall Unitie of them all, in one and the same Person, made by Covenant of every man with every man, in such a manner, as if every man should say to every man, / Authorise and give up my right of Governing my...

...Judgements, to his Judgement. This is more than Consent, or Concord; it is a reall Unitie of them all, in one and the same Person, made by Covenant of every man with every man, as if every man should say to every man, I Authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to...

...Judgements, to his Judgement. This is more than Consent, or Concord; it is a real unitie of them all, in one and the same Person, made by Covenant of every...such manner as if every man should say to every man, / authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to this Man, or to this Assembly of men, on...

...other and with the head of state "to submit their wills every one to his will"12. That "I authorize and give up, my right of governing myself, to this man or this assembly of men, on the condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions...

...especially Chapters 6 and 7. This is more than Consent, or Concord; it is a reall Unitie of them all, in one and the same Person, made by Covenant of every...man, I Authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to this Man, or to this Assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy Right to...

...sovereign. This, as Hobbes puts it, 'is more than consent or concord; it is a real unity of them all in one and the same person, made by covenant of every...man, I authorise and give up my right of governing my self to this man, or this assembly of men, on this condition that thougive up thy right to him and...