PHL265H1 Chapter 10: PHL265 W Sept 14 chapter 10 and 11 reading notes.docx
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Hobbes leviathan chapters 10 and 11 reading notes. Power of man his present means to obtain some future good; is instrumental or original. Instrumental power acquired by natural power or by fortune and are tools to acquire more, such as riches, friends, reputation, luck. The greatest human power is compounded e. g. to have friends is power. Power is that which makes men feared or loved, and being either feared or loved is power. Worth the price given for the use of a man"s power, but must be judged by another and by need for his use. The true value of a man is no more than it is esteemed by others. To value a man at a high worth is to honour him, and to dishonour him with a low value of worth. Felicity a continual progress of the desire, from one object to another, the attaining of the former being the way to the latter.
