The Elements of Law - Natural and Politic

The Elements of Law - Natural and Politic

Thomas Hobbes, english philosopher (1588-1679)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PART I. HUMAN NATURE

-04- CHAPTER I. THE GENERAL DIVISION OF MAN'S NATURAL FACULTIES

-05- CHAPTER II. THE CAUSE OF SENSE

-06- CHAPTER III. OF IMAGINATION AND THE KINDS THEREOF

-07- CHAPTER IV. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF DISCURSION OF THE MIND

-08- CHAPTER V. OF NAMES, REASONING, AND DISCOURSE OF THE TONGUE

-09- CHAPTER VI. OF A KNOWLEDGE, OPINION AND RELIEF

-10- CHAPTER VII. OF DELIGHT AND PAIN

-11- CHAPTER VIII. OF THE PLEASURES OF THE SENSES

-12- CHAPTER IX. OF THE PASSIONS OF THE MIND

-13- CHAPTER X. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN IN THESE DISCERNING FACULTY AND THE CAUSE

-14- CHAPTER XI. WHAT IMAGINATIONS AND PASSIONS MEN HAVE, AT THE NAMES OF THINGS SUPERNATURAL

-15- CHAPTER XII. HOW BY DELIBERATION FROM PASSIONS PROCEED MEN'S ACTIONS

-16- CHAPTER XIII. HOW BY LANGUAGE MEN WORK UPON EACH OTHER'S MINDS

-17- CHAPTER XIV. OF THE ESTATE AND RIGHT OF NATURE

-18- CHAPTER XV. OF THE DIVESTING NATURAL RIGHT BY GIFT AND COVENANT

-19- CHAPTER XVI. SOME OF THE LAWS OF NATURE

-20- CHAPTER XVII. OTHER LAWS OF NATURE

-21- CHAPTER XVIII. A CONFIRMATION OF THE SAME OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD

-22- CHAPTER XIX. OF THE NECESSITY AND DEFINITION OF A BODY POLITIC

-23- PART II. DE CORPORE POLITICO

-24- CHAPTER XX. OF THE REQUISITES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF A COMMONWEALTH

-25- CHAPTER XXI. OF THE THREE SORTS OF COMMONWEALTH

-26- CHAPTER XXII. OF THE POWER OF MASTERS

-27- CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE POWER OF FATHERS, AND OF PATRIMONIAL KINGDOM

-28- CHAPTER XXIV. THE INCOMMODITIES OF SEVERAL SORTS OF GOVERNMENT COMPARED

-29- CHAPTER XXV. THAT SUBJECTS ARE NOT BOUND TO FOLLOW THEIR PRIVATE JUDGMENTS IN CONTROVERSIES OF RELIGION

-30- CHAPTER XXVI. THAT SUBJECTS ARE NOT BOUND TO FOLLOW THE JUDGMENT OF ANY AUTHORITIES IN CONTROVERSIES OF RELIGION

-31- CHAPTER XXVII. OF THE CAUSES OF REBELLION

-32- CHAPTER XXVIII. OF THE DUTY OF THEM THAT HAVE SOVEREIGN POWER

-33- CHAPTER XXIX. OF THE NATURE AND KINDS OF LAWS