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1、TheElementsofLawNaturalandPoliticbyThomasHobbes1640TotheRightHonourableWilliam,EarlofNewcastle,GovernortothePrincehisHighness,oneofHisMajesty'sMostHonourablePrivyCouncilTheEpistleDedicatoryMyMostHonouredLord,Fromthetwoprincipalpartsofournature,ReasonandPassion,havep
2、roceededtwokindsoflearning,mathematicalanddogmatical.Theformerisfreefromcontroversiesanddispute,becauseitconsistethincomparingfiguresandmotiononly;inwhichthingstruthandtheinterestofmen,opposenoteachother.Butinthelaterthereisnothingnotdisputable,becauseitcomparethmen
3、,andmeddlethwiththeirrightandprofit;inwhichasoftasreasonisagainstaman,sooftwillamanbeagainstreason.Andfromhenceitcomes,thattheywhohavewrittenofjusticeandpolicyingeneraldoallinvadeeachother,andthemselves,withcontradiction.Toreducethisdoctrinetotherulesandinfallibilit
4、yofreason,thereisnoway,butfirst,toputsuchprinciplesdownforafoundation,aspassionnotmistrustingmaynotseektodisplace:Andafterwardtobuildthereonthetruthofcasesinthelawofnature(whichhithertohavebeenbuiltintheair)bydegrees,tillthewholebeinexpugnable.Now(myLord)theprincipl
5、esfitforsuchafoundation,arethosewhichIhaveheretoforeacquaintedyourLordshipwithalinprivatediscourse;andwhich,byyourcommandIhavehereputintomethod.Toexaminecasesthereby,betweensovereignandsovereign,orbetweensovereignandsubject,Ileavetothem,thatshallfindleisure,andencou
6、ragementthereto.Formypart,IpresentthistoyourLordship,forthetrue,andonlyfoundationofsuchscience.Forthestyle,itisthereforetheworse,becausewhilstIwaswritingIconsultedmorewithlogic,thanwithrhetoric.Butforthedoctrine,itisnotslightlyproved;andtheconclusionsthereof,areofsu
7、chnature,asforwantofthem,governmentandpeacehavebeennothingelse,tothisday,butmutualfear.Anditwouldbeanincomparablebenefittocommonwealth,thateverymanheldtheopinionsconcerninglawandpolicy,heredelivered.Theambitionthereforeofthisbook,inseekingbyyourLordship'scountenance
8、,toinsinuateitselfwiththosewhomthematteritcontainethmostnearlyconcerneth,istobeexcused.Formyself,Idesirenogreaterhonour,thanIenjoyalreadyi
