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confutation_n of_o divers_a error_n in_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o leviathan_n begin_v at_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n chap._n 1._o the_o introduction_n to_o the_o whole_a discourse_n i_o have_v brief_o touch_v the_o chief_a head_n of_o his_o first_o part._n and_o be_o now_o arrive_v at_o his_o second_o part_n which_o be_v entitle_v of_o commonwealth_n and_o this_o part_n begin_v at_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n superscribe_v of_o the_o cause_n generation_n and_o definition_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n he_o begin_v with_o the_o final_a cause_n most_o right_o which_o be_v causa_fw-la causarum_fw-la and_o set_v the_o whole_a at_o work_n and_o i_o find_v no_o fault_n with_o what_o he_o write_v concern_v that_o second_o i_o approve_v what_o he_o say_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o 85._o page_n that_o small_a number_n join_v together_o can_v give_v they_o security_n to_o live_v peaceable_o small_a be_v a_o relative_n small_a in_o respect_n of_o their_o 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as_o bee_n and_o aunt_n which_o aristotle_n call_v political_a and_o have_v very_o handsome_a application_n concern_v they_o to_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o 87._o page_n but_o then_o i_o must_v begin_v to_o examine_v he_o with_o less_o approbation_n in_o the_o margin_n there_o be_v note_v the_o generation_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n and_o it_o begin_v thus_o chap._n ii_o sect_n i._o this_o generation_n censure_v first_o from_o that_o word_n only_o which_o can_v be_v true_a the_o only_a way_n to_o erect_v such_o a_o common_a power_n as_o may_v be_v able_a to_o defend_v they_o from_o the_o invasion_n of_o foreigner_n and_o the_o injury_n of_o one_o another_o and_o thereby_o to_o secure_v they_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o by_o their_o own_o industry_n and_o by_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n they_o may_v nourish_v themselves_o and_o live_v content_o be_v to_o confer_v all_o their_o power_n and_o strength_n upon_o one_o man_n or_o upon_o one_o assembly_n of_o man_n that_o may_v 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