...his writings, is nothing but a synonyme for sovereign authority. His own explanation is decisive. " By art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMONWEALTH or STATE, which ie but an artiticiall man ; though of greater stature and strength than the natural!, for whose...

...by the artificer. " Art goes yet further, imitating that rational and most excellent work of nature, man. For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMONWEALTH or STATE, in Latin, Vivitas, which is but an artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than is natural,...

...artificial animal. Art goes yet farther in imitating that rational and most excellent work of Nature — man. For by art is created that great leviathan called a Commonwealth, which is but an artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose...

...by the Artificer? Art goes yet further, imitating that rational and most excellent work of nature, man. For by art is created that great leviathan, called a Commonwealth, or State, which is but an artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose...

...he says — " For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMOKWBALTH, or STATE, in Latin CIVITAS, which is but an artificial man ; though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended, and in which the tovereignty is an artificial...

...conception, he says — "For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a ComcosWEALTH, or STATE, in Latin CIVITAS, which is but an artificial man ; though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended, and in which the sovereignty is an artificial...

...the human body. In the introduction to the work in which he developes this conception, he says — "For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMONWEALTH, or STATE, in Latin CIVITAS, which is but an artificial man ; though of greater stature and strength than the natural,...

...describing (to use Hobbes's language) the great dua1' Leviathan called a " Commonwealth or State, in Latin Civitas, which is but an artificial man, though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended." d He pursues in much detail this parallel...

...further, and attempted no less than making a resemblance of the most perfect work of Nature, which is Man — ' For by art is created that great Leviathan ' called a Commonwealth or State (in Latin Civitas), which ' is but an Artificial Man, though of greater stature and ' strength, in which...

...the human body. In the introduction to the work in which he developes this conception, he says — " For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMONWEALTH, or STATE, in Latia CIVITAS, which is but an artificial man ; though of greater stature and strength than the natural,...