...which, to define it, is: one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient for their peace and common defence. And he that carryeth this person is called sovereign, and said to have sovereign power, and every one...

...of the Common- wealth" is One Person, of whose Acts a great Multitude, by mutual Covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the Author,...think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence." Hobbes's only mention of borders for the commonwealth occurs in connection with sovereigns defending...

...another, have made themselves every one the Author, to the end he Common- ma ^ me ^ s i ren ^ n an d means of them all, as he shall think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence. Sove- And he that carryeth this Person, is called SOVERAIGNE, and migne, said t o have Soveraigne Power,...

...; which, to define it, is one Person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence. And he that carrieth this person is called SOVEREIGN, and is said to have sovereign power; and every...

...commonwealth, which (to define it) is one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence. And he that carrieth this person is called SOVEREIGN, and said to have Sovereign Power, and every one...

...which (to define it), is One Person, of whose Acts a qreat Multitude, by mutuall Convenants one with another, have made themselves every one the Author,...think expedient, for their Peace and Common Defence." l . Yet Hobbes recognized clearly that sovereignty might take different forms. Indeed some have thought...

...strength," and "submit their wills, every one to his will and their judgments, to his judgments," so that "he may use the strength and means of them all as...think expedient, for their peace and common defence." 14 The sovereign's role in international relations was a natural extension of this arrangement for...

...whose acts a great multitude ... have made themselves every one the author, to the end [the sovereign] may use the strength and means of them all, as he...think expedient, for their peace and common defence." 66 This one corporate person, symbolized most clearly by the image of a king whose body is composed...

...an artificial person: "[O]ne person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another have made themselves every one the Author,...think expedient, for their peace and common defence." (Hobbes [1651], 1996: i2i.)29 As noted earlier, among natural persons the discovery of the meaning...

...ibid. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid. 10. 'one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author,...think expedient for their peace and common defence'. Cf. T. Hobbes (1651), The Second Part: Of Commonwealth, Chapter XVII: Of the causes, generation, and...