Part II, Chapter 17
The canonical generation of the commonwealth: 'I Authorise and give up my Right of Governing my selfe, to this Man, or to this Assembly of men.' Introduces the 'Mortall God' formula.
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From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
The commonwealth is generated by a covenant of each with each to authorize a sovereign whose will counts as the will of all, creating the 'Mortall God' Leviathan.
Part II, Chapter 18
Enumerates the rights of sovereigns as inalienable and indivisible, including legislation, judicature, war and peace, and censorship of doctrines.
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