Hobbes - Leviathan.pdf

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1] Consequences from qualities of minerals, as
stones, metals, etc.
2] Consequences from the qualities of vegetables
b) Consequences from qualities of animals
1] Consequences from qualities of animals in
general
a] Consequences from vision,
OPTICS
b] Consequences from sounds,
MUSIC
c] Consequences from the rest of the senses
2] Consequences from qualities of men in special
a] Consequences from passions of men,
ETHICS
b] Consequences from speech,
i) In magnifying, vilifying, etc.
POETRY
ii) In persuading,
RHETORIC
iii) In reasoning,
LOGIC
iv) In contracting,
The Science of JUST and UNJUST
B. Consequences from accidents of politic bodies; which is
called POLITICS, AND CIVIL PHILOSOPHY
1. Of consequences from the institution of COMMONWEALTHS, to
the rights, and duties of the body politic, or sovereign
2. Of consequences from the same, to the duty and right of
the subjects
CHAPTER X
OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS
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THE POWER of a man, to take it universally, is his present means
to obtain some future apparent good, and is either original or
instrumental.
Natural power is the eminence of the faculties of body, or mind;
as extraordinary strength, form, prudence, arts, eloquence,
liberality, nobility. Instrumental are those powers which, acquired by
these, or by fortune, are means and instruments to acquire more; as
riches, reputation, friends, and the secret working of God, which