1. Locke and Hobbes
Instrumental power, are the abilities humans acquired as they progressed in life, such as wealth, friends and status. ... For many people, to gain power throughout the course of a person's life, it is a sign of advancement in life, either through individual talent or through other methods. ... (Hobbes, Leviathan 99) But because of these three causes fears are created, "The passions that incline men to peace, are fear of death; desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living" (Hobbes, Leviathan 102), which means as long as there is a way for an individual to feel secure, hum...
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