"Power. ... He also writes: "A restless desire of power in al men. So that in the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in death. ... First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory." ... The powers people seek are political power, familial power and paternal power. ...
The governments of many of the nations in the western world are elevated into power by the polling of the general populace of a given nation. ... Once the Prince is chosen, they are in power for the duration of their life, unless they are removed for suspicions of attempting to enslave society (More, 1516, p. ... This type of government is a totalitarian anarchy: one in which only a few people control the entire power of the country, which has no laws. ... The differences in the ruling power of Utopia and Oceania are so extraordinary that their effects are seen in the lives of average citizens...
The governments of many of the nations in the western world are elevated into power by the polling of the general populace of a given nation. ... Once the Prince is chosen, they are in power for the duration of their life, unless they are removed for suspicions of attempting to enslave society (More, 1516, p. ... This type of government is a totalitarian anarchy: one in which only a few people control the entire power of the country, which has no laws. ... The differences in the ruling power of Utopia and Oceania are so extraordinary that their effects are seen in the lives of average citizens...
Natural men are free, "masterlesse men, without subjection to Lawes, and a coercive Power" (Hobbes 141). ... (Locke 15) From this, with no civil power to whom men can appeal but only the Law of Nature to defend his life, man must resort to killing those who bring this state of ill will upon him. ... So just as with Hobbes, man seeking security in all things is forced to leave the State of Nature, thereby agreeing to give up his freedom and natural rights to the public power of a government in hopes of regaining peace. ...
