Covenants, without the sword, are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.
Philosophers
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588-1679) born prematurely as the Armada approached. "My mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear," he later wrote. Author of Leviathan (1651), founding work of modern social contract theory.
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Source: ホッブズ『リヴァイアサン』第2部第17章Verified