Thomas Hobbes | of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning

question 51

Multiple Choice

Thomas Hobbes | Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery; Of the First and Second Natural Laws and of Contracts
Hobbes first discusses the state of war in which men live before a common power can bring them together in civil society. By virtue of the natural and fundamental laws of nature, peace and cooperation can be attained only when man is willing to renounce a right to benefit someone else. A contract is the mutual transferring of right. Only then can lawful and just civilization develop.
-Which of the following, according to Hobbes, is NOT one of the three principal causes of quarrel?

• A) indifference
• B) competition
• C) diffidence
• D) glory

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Bulb

A rounded underground storage organ present in some plants, consisting of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scale leaves or leaf bases, functioning as a food reserve.

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Subterranean plant parts that function in storage of nutrients, vegetative reproduction, and survival from environmental conditions.

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Stem that grows horizontally along or under the ground.