Man is selfish. His desire, which naturally loves liberty, is to preserve himself. Man thinks he has the right to everything due to his will to survive.
Men are acting for the sake of what they take to be for their own good.
No peace can be attained in this state of nature unless everybody submit all their rights, wills and judgments to the sovereign and create an Artificial Man, the great Leviathan. And so, what defines that condition of men is the absence of an authority.
*This Artificial Man is said to be instituted when a multitude of men agree to their
Covenant. Thus, every one is the author of this Artificial Man. It only means that what the mutual covenant of the people will also be the covenant of the Artificial Man.
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