...by Hobbes into a complete philosophy of the State. "In the first place," said Hobbes, "I put forth, for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual...of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." The natural condition of mankind, therefore, is that every man's hand should be against every other...

...by Hobbes into a complete philosophy of the State. "In the first place," said/'Hobbes, "I put forth, for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual...of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." The natural condition of mankind, therefore, is that every man's hand should be against every other...

...Power mayjjeem to have brought us back by a long circuit to Hobbes's definition of human nature as " a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death " ; but in reality there is a whole world between the two. In the levelling principles against which...

...Power may seem to have brought us back by a long circuit to Hobbes's definition of human nature as "a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death " ; but in reality there is a whole world between the two. In the levelling principles against which...

...or has made of it so complete a philosophy as Hobbes. " In the first place," he says, " I put forth, for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual...of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." This is, I think, the direct influence of science unqualified by character and piety. It is not my...

...instinct. Hobbes said, a couple of centuries ago, that the " general inclination of all mankind " is " a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." Nietzsche declared that " Life itself is the will to power. It is this that every man in his inmost...

...instinct. Hobbes said, a couple of centuries ago, that the " general inclination of all mankind " is "a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." Nietzsche declared that " Life itself is the will to power. It is this that every man in his inmost...

...politics. The essence of his discovery is in the oft-quoted sentence from Chapter XI of the Leviathan: "I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire for power after power that ceaseth only in death." Desire of power is then the first and most fundamental...

...Mather, Jr., has distinguished between ' ' hard ' ' and ' ' soft ' ' sentimentalists. 2 His distinc1 "So that in the first place, I put for a general inclination...of Power after power, that ceaseth only in Death." Leviathan, Part I, ch. xi. 1 See Unpopular Review, October, 1915. tion might perhaps be brought more...

...creates the ends it strives to attain. The whole matter is summed up in the famous sentence : — " So that in the first place I put for a general inclination...of power after power, that ceaseth only in death." § 3. While the overwhelming importance of science was leading the more influential writers to express...