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The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 04 (of 11) — Thomas Hobbes — John Shaqi
The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 04 (of 11)

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THE THIRD,
                       OF LIBERTY AND NECESSITY.

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                                   BY
                             THOMAS HOBBES
                             OF MALMESBURY.

                             HUMAN NATURE,
                                 OR THE
                          FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS
                                   OF
                                POLICY.

                          BEING A DISCOVERY OF

                   THE FACULTIES, ACTS, AND PASSIONS,

                                   OF

                            THE SOUL OF MAN,

                      FROM THEIR ORIGINAL CAUSES;

                           ACCORDING TO SUCH

                       PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES,

                 AS ARE NOT COMMONLY KNOWN OR ASSERTED.

                                   BY

                             THOMAS HOBBES

                             OF MALMESBURY.

                             TO THE READER.

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    READER,

It was thought good to let you know that _Mr. Hobbes_ hath written a
body of philosophy, upon such principles and in such order as are used
by men conversant in demonstration: this he hath distinguished into
three parts; _De Corpore_, _De Homine_, _De Cive_; each of the
consequents beginning at the end of the antecedent, and insisting
thereupon, as the later Books of _Euclid_ upon the former. The last of
these he hath already published in Latin beyond the seas; the second is
this now presented: and if these two receive justice in the world, there
is hope we may obtain the first. He whose care it is, and labour, to
satisfy the _judgment_ and _reason_ of mankind, will condescend so far,
we hope, to satisfy the _desire_ of those learned men whom these shall
either have found or made; which cannot be, until they shall
analytically have followed the grand _phænomena_ of states and kingdoms
through the passions of particular men, into the elemental principles of
natural and corporeal motions. The former work was published by the
Author, and so is out of danger; this by a friend, with leave from him:
and to secure this, you are intreated to consider the relations wherein
it stands, especially to the book _de Cive_. It was thought a part of
religion, not to make any change without the author’s advice, which
could not suddenly be obtained; and so it comes forth innocently,
supposing nothing to have happened since the Dedication of it; which if
it seem a solecism to some, it may to others give satisfaction, in
calling to mind those times and opportunities to which we are indebted
for these admirable compositions.

                                                               F. B.

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                        TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

                      WILLIAM, EARL OF NEWCASTLE,