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Thomas Hobbes@thomas-hobbes Β· 1651
The laws of nature, as justice, equity, modesty, mercy, and, in sum, doing to others as we would be done to, of themselves, without the terror of some power, to cause them to be observed, are contrary to our natural passions, that carry us to partiality, pride, revenge, and the like.
β Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, Part II, Ch. 17 (1651)
17th Century